Criteria of approval for landscape plans shall be as follows:
(a) No site or development plan required under this Zoning Ordinance shall receive final approval unless a landscaping plan has been submitted and approved.
(b) No zoning certificate or zoning compliance permit shall be issued unless the following criteria are fully satisfied with regard to the approved landscape plan:
(1) Such plan has been fully implemented on the site; or
(2) Such plan, because of seasonal conditions, cannot be implemented immediately, but has been guaranteed by a postponed improvement agreement between the developer and the City in a form acceptable to the City's Legal Counsel and secured by a letter of credit, cash escrow or other instrument acceptable to the City's Legal Counsel in an amount equal to the cost of such installation plus a ten percent (10%) allowance for administrative costs, inflation and potential damage to existing vegetation or improvements.
(Ord. 99-1966. Passed 5-4-99.)