Whenever in this chapter planting is required, it shall be planted within 6 months from the date of completion of the building or improvement, and shall thereafter be reasonably maintained with permanent plant materials.
(A) Plant material spacing:
(1) Plant materials shall not be placed closer than 4 feet from the fence line or property line;
(2) Plant materials shall be planted in 2 or more rows; plantings shall be staggered in rows;
(3) Evergreen trees, as defined hereafter, shall be planted not more than 30 feet on centers;
(4) Narrow evergreens, as defined hereafter, shall be planted not more than 3 feet on centers;
(5) Deciduous trees shall be planted not more than 30 feet on centers;
(6) Tree-like shrubs shall be planted not more than 10 feet on centers; and
(7) Large deciduous shrubs shall be planted not more than 4 feet on centers.
(B) Suggested plant materials:
(1) Evergreen trees; minimum 5 feet in height:
(a) Cedar;
(b) Fir;
(c) Spruce;
(d) Pine; and
(e) Douglas Fir.
(2) Narrow evergreens; minimum 3 feet in height:
(a) Blue Columnar Chinese Juniper;
(b) Pyramidal Red-Cedar;
(c) Swiss Stone Pine; and
(d) Pyramidal White Pine.
(3) Tree-like shrubs; minimum 4 feet in height:
(a) Flowering Crab;
(b) Mountain Ash;
(c) Redbud;
(d) Magnolia;
(e) Rose of Sharon; and
(f) Hawthorn.
(4) Large deciduous shrubs; minimum 6 feet in height:
(a) Honeysuckle;
(b) Mock-Orange;
(c) Lilac;
(d) Burning Bush;
(e) Viburnum;
(f) Forsythia;
(g) Spirea;
(h) Hazelnut; and
(i) Privet.
(5) Large deciduous trees; minimum 8 feet in height:
(a) Oak;
(b) Sycamore;
(c) Norway Maple;
(d) Hard Maple;
(e) Birch;
(f) Beech; and
(g) Honeylocust.
(C) Trees not permitted:
(1) Box Elders;
(2) Soft Maple;
(3) Fruit Trees;
(4) Nut Trees;
(5) Willows;
(6) Elms;
(7) Poplars;
(8) Ailanthus (Chinese Tree of Heaven);
(9) All thorned trees and shrubs; and
(10) Ribes (Gooseberry).
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 21.08)