All uses which require site plan or special use approval shall install and maintain trees along any parkway which abuts the perimeter of the property.
(A) The parkway shall be grass or low ground cover, except where covered by driveway pavement. A minimum of one parkway tree per 40 feet of frontage is required for all development.
(B) The use of loose stone, rock, or gravel is prohibited on public parkways.
(C) Other than trees, no landscaping shall be taller than two feet.
(D) No tree or bush with a mature height of more than two feet shall be planted within a distance of 33 feet of any street corner, measured from the point of the nearest intersecting curbs or curb lines as extended. No tree shall be planted closer than six feet of any fire hydrant.
(E) Trees shall be planted on the center line of parkways or as close to five feet from the sidewalk as possible and located so as not to interfere with overhead wires or traffic or pedestrian safety.
(F) A minimum parkway width of four feet is required for trees in a parkway.
(G) Wherever feasible, parkway trees shall be planted on the public parkway and not on the private property side of the sidewalk.
(H) Parkway trees shall consist of shorter trees if overhead utilities exist. Otherwise, taller trees are required as shown in the following list. No species shall comprise more than 30% of the overall parkway tree count for new development. A mixture of trees shall be planted whenever feasible.
(I) No person shall attach any object to a parkway tree.
(Ord. 2008-11-0207O, passed 11-25-2008)