A landscape plan meeting the requirements of the Landscape Ordinance and the Street Tree Ordinance shall be submitted to Planning Commission for approval before or with the final plat, for all property which is subject to the Landscape and/or Street Tree Ordinances. Trees shall be planted in all tree lawns in accordance with city’s Street Tree Ordinance.
(a) Landscape plan application. The subdivider shall furnish an application obtained in the Engineering, Building and Planning Department, along with the submission fee (see § 205.01), and 15 copies of the plans prepared by a landscape architect.
(b) Distribution of plans. Copies of the plans will be sent to the following agencies for recommendations (if applicable) and other action as may be required by law or regulation:
(1) Planning Commission members;
(2) City Engineer;
(3) City Planner; and
(4) Parks and Recreation Director.
(c) Landscape plan approval. The Planning Commission shall approve the landscape plan within 30 days of its next regular meeting, shall disapprove the plan or shall table its consideration of the plan until the next regularly scheduled meeting, with the reason for tabling specifically stated. The failure of the Commission to approve or disapprove a landscape plan within the time herein fixed or a further time as the applying party may agree to, shall constitute approval of the plan by the Commission, and the certificate of the City Engineer as to the date of the submission of the plan for approval and the failure to take action thereon within the time shall be issued on demand and shall be sufficient in lieu of the written endorsement of approval required by this section.
(d) Inspections. Landscape improvements shall be subject to inspection and shall be deemed satisfactory by the City Engineer before the subdivider’s performance bond can be released.
(Ord. 99-207, passed 1-10-2000)