(a) The standards and requirements provided by this Chapter are intended to help achieve the following functional and environmental objectives:
(1) Promote compatibility between land uses by reducing negative physical, visual, auditory, and lighting impacts between adjacent land uses by requiring complementary landscape treatments and providing a transitional area adjacent to natural areas;
(2) Recognize and preserve the aesthetic value of existing natural areas such as woodlands, wetlands, and floodplains within and adjacent to a development site;
(3) Promote the reestablishment of vegetation in urban areas for aesthetic, health, and urban wildlife purposes;
(4) Aid in energy conservation by providing shade from the sun and shelter from the wind;
(5) Control soil erosion by slowing the effects of erosive winds and water;
(6) Reduce stormwater runoff, pollution, temperature, and rate and volume of flow;
(7) Restore natural habitats through the reestablishment of native plants;
(8) Provide reasonable standards to bring proposed redeveloped sites into compliance with the requirements contained herein;
(9) Establish and enhance the visual character of an area in a manner that provides pleasant aesthetics and addresses safety issues;
(10) Define, articulate, and integrate outdoor spaces, architectural elements, and various site elements; and
(11) Promote the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
(b) This Chapter provides a set of landscaping requirements for use throughout the City. These regulations establish minimum requirements for materials, placement, layout, timing of installation, and maintenance.
(Ord. 2021-057. Passed 6-16-21.)