(A) In all zoning districts, applicants shall plant and maintain shade trees along any portion of the proposed development site that abuts a public or private street in full compliance with the provisions set forth in Chapter 52, Tree Maintenance, of the Codified Ordinances of the city. The Urban Forestry Board shall review each landscape and buffering plan proposing the planting of trees or other vegetation in the public right-of-way. The Urban Forestry Board shall provide a written recommendation to the Planning Commission regarding the compliance of the provisions of Chapter 52 to be incorporated into the site plan review process. The Planning Commission may deny a site plan application for non-compliance of the provisions set forth in Chapter 52.
(B) Species and location requirements.
(1) Trees shall be limited to species approved by the Urban Forestry Board.
(2) One tree shall be provided for every 40 linear feet of frontage, or fraction thereof, along each public or private.
(3) Trees are to be planted within the public rights-of-way within and abutting the development as directed by the Planning Commission.
(4) Trees shall be planted an adequate distance from intersections so that at full maturity such planting shall ensure the unobstructed visibility of motorists and pedestrians.
(C) Silverton streetscape plan requirements. Any property located within the designated Silverton streetscape plan area shall install the landscape and streetscape elements as provided for in the streetscape plan. The requirements set forth in the Silverton streetscape plan shall prevail over the street tree planting requirements provided in this section. The applicable provisions of Chapter 52, Tree Maintenance, of the Codified Ordinances of the city shall apply to the streetscape plan area.
(Ord. 09-3306, passed 10-15-09)