§ 152.515 LIST OF EXAMPLES OF TREES AND SHRUBS.

   (A)   (1)   The following tables indicate plantings which will meet the screening and shading requirements of §§ 152.485 through 152.497.

      (2)   The lists are not comprehensive and are intended to suggest the types of flora which would be appropriate for screening and shading purposes.

   (B)   Plants were selected for inclusion on these lists according to four principal criteria:

      (1)   General suitability for the climate and soil conditions of this area;

      (2)   Ease of maintenance;

      (3)   Tolerance of town conditions; and

      (4)   Available plants from area nurseries.

   (C)   (1)   When selecting new plantings for a particular site, a developer should first consider the types of plants which are thriving on or near that site.

      (2)   If an introduced species has proven highly effective for screening or shading in this area, it too may be a proper selection.

   (D)   If a developer chooses to include trees and shrubs that are not on this list he, she, or they should obtain advance approval of the same from the Land Use Administrator.

   (E)   Table of trees for screening and shading:

Small Trees for Partial Screening	Large Trees for Evergreen Screening	Large Trees for Shading
American Hornbeam American Holly Callery Pear Carolina Cherry-Laurel Crape Myrtle Eastern Redbud Flowering Dogwood Golden Rain Tree Mountain Silverbell River Birch Russian Olive Sourwood Washington Hawthorn	Carolina Hemlock Deodar Cedar Southern Magnolia	Eastern Red Oak Gingko Honeylocust Laurel Oak Littleleaf Linden London Plane-Tree Norway Maple Red Maple Scarlet Oak Sweet Guam Sycamore Willow Oak

 

   (F)   Table of shrubs for screening:

 

Small Shrubs for Evergreen Screening	Large Shrubs for Evergreen Screening	Assorted Shrubs for Broken Screens
Azaleas and Rhododendrons Convexa Japanese Holly Dwarf Horned Holly Glossy Abelia India Hawthorn Japanese Yew Littlehead Japanese Holly Warty Barberry Wintergreen Barberry	Burford Holly Fortune Tea Olive Hedge Bamboo Japanese Privet Laurel or Sweet Bay Lauretinus Viburnum Red Photinia Thorny Elaengus Yaupon Holly	Border Forsythia Doublefile Viburnum Drooping Leucothoe Fringetree Japanese Barberry Judd Viburnum Northern Bayberry Pfitzer Juniper Star Magnolia Vernal Witch Hazel Winter Honeysuckle

 

(Ord. passed 12-20-2001)