A. Preparation Of Landscape Plan: Required landscape plans must be accompanied by written certification from an architect, landscape architect or engineer licensed to practice in the State of Oklahoma, that the landscape plan is in conformance with the minimum requirements of this chapter.
B. Required Information: All building permit applications for sites requiring landscaping must include a landscape plan that includes at least the following information:
1. General: The date, scale, north arrow, and name of the property owner.
2. Site Features:
a. The location of property lines and dimensions of the site;
b. The approximate centerline of existing water courses;
c. The approximate location of significant drainage features;
d. The location and size of existing and proposed streets and alleys, drive aisles, parking areas and sidewalks on or adjacent to the lot;
e. The location of all existing and proposed buildings and structures on the lot;
f. Existing topography and proposed grading;
g. Area in which grading and vegetation removal will occur; and
h. The location of existing and proposed utility easements and overhead utility lines on or adjacent to the lot.
3. Proposed Landscaping:
a. The location, size and type of proposed landscaping (trees, shrubs, ground cover) and the location and size of the proposed landscape areas;
b. Planting details and specifications, including type of mulch and edging to be used in landscape areas;
c. The method of protecting any existing trees and vegetation proposed to be preserved, including the identification of existing and finished contours illustrating the limits of grading near the drip line of any trees;
d. The proposed irrigation plan for each required landscape area, including a list of abbreviations and symbols, water main size, water meter size and location, point of connection, backflow prevention assembly size, make and model;
e. The schedule of installation of required trees, landscaping and appurtenances;
f. The location of all existing and proposed structures on the site;
g. The existing topography and proposed grading; and
h. The area and dimensions of each landscape area and the total landscape area provided on the site.
C. Administrative Review: After receipt of a complete landscape plan, the Community Development Director must:
1. Approve the landscape plan as complying with the requirements of this chapter;
2. Approve the landscape plan with conditions of approval that will bring it into compliance with the requirements of this chapter; or
3. Reject the landscape plan as failing to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
D. Alternative Compliance Landscape And Screening Plans:
1. To accommodate creativity in landscape and screening design and to allow for flexibility in addressing atypical, site- specific development/redevelopment challenges, the Community Development Director is authorized to approve alternative compliance landscape plans prepared by a landscape architect licensed to practice in the State of Oklahoma. In order to approve such alternative compliance landscape plans, the Community Development Director must determine that one or more of the following conditions or opportunities are present:
a. The site has space limitations or an unusual shape that makes strict compliance impossible or impractical;
b. Physical conditions on or adjacent to the site such as topography, soils, vegetation or existing structures or utilities are such that strict compliance is impossible, impractical or of no value in terms of advancing the general purposes of this chapter;
c. Safety considerations such as intersection visibility, utility locations, etc., make alternative compliance necessary; or
d. Creative, alternative landscape plans will provide an equal or better means of meeting the intent of the landscaping and screening regulations of this chapter. (Ord. 2018-16, 12-4-2018)