(A) Whenever in this chapter a greenbelt or planting is required, it shall be planted within six months from the date of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy and shall thereafter be reasonably maintained with permanent plant materials to provide a screen to abutting properties.
(B) All required greenbelts shall be at least ten feet in width and no plant materials shall be located closer than four feet to the property line.
(C) Suitable materials equal in characteristics to the plant materials listed with the spacing as required shall be provided.
(1) Plant material spacing.
(a) Plant materials shall not be placed closer than four feet from the fence line or property line.
(b) Where plant materials are placed in two or more rows, plantings shall be staggered in rows.
(c) Evergreen trees shall be planted not more than 30 feet on centers.
(d) Narrow evergreens shall be planted not more than six feet on centers.
(e) Deciduous trees shall be planted not more than 30 feet on centers.
(f) Tree-like shrubs shall be planted not more than ten feet on centers.
(g) Large deciduous shrubs shall be planted not more than four feet on centers.
(2) Suggested plant materials.
EVERGREEN TREES Douglas Fir Fir Hemlock Juniper Pine Spruce | MINIMUM SIZE Five Feet in Height |
NARROW EVERGREENS Blue Columnar Chinese Juniper Column Hinoki Cypress Columnar Giant Arborvitae Douglas Arborvitae Irish Yew Pyramidal Red Cedar Pyramidal White Pine Swiss Stone Pine | MINIMUM SIZE Three Feet in Height |
TREE-LIKE SHRUBS Dogwood Flowering Crabs Hawthorn Hornbeam Magnolia Mountain Ash Redbud Rose of Sharon Russian Olives | MINIMUM SIZE Four Feet in Height |
LARGE DECIDUOUS SHRUBS Buckthorn Cotoneaster Evonymus Forsythia Hazelnuts Honeysuckle Lilac Mock Orange Ninebark Privet Sumac Viburnum | MINIMUM SIZE Six Feet in Height |
LARGE DECIDUOUS TREES Beech Birch Ginko Hackberry Hard Maples Honeylocust Hop Hornbeam Linden Oaks Planetree (Sycamore) Sweet Gum | MINIMUM SIZE Eight Feet in Height |
(3) Trees not permitted.
(a) Box Elder;
(b) Soft Maple (Red, Silver);
(c) Elms;
(d) Poplars;
(e) Willows;
(f) Horse Chestnut (Nut Bearing);
(g) Tree of Heaven; and
(h) Catalpa.
(Ord. passed 10-11-2000) Penalty, see § 153.999