Maintenance requirements. Trees, vegetation, irrigation systems, fences, walls and other landscape elements are considered as integral to a project as parking and other site features. The owner of the property shall be responsible for the continuous proper maintenance of all landscaping materials, and shall keep them free from refuse and debris and in good repair at all times. Property owners who fail to maintain the landscaping will be subject to the penalty provided in Section 764.99.
(a) Replacing landscaping materials. Any plant material that dies shall be replaced with a suitable replacement of the required size within thirty days. This period may be extended if weather conditions inhibit installation of the new plant materials.
(b) Trimming plant material. Landscape materials are intended to grow, spread and mature over time. Landscaping materials used to fulfill requirements of this chapter may not be pruned or otherwise treated such that the result no longer meets height or opacity requirements of this Chapter. Pruning, limbing-up, and other inhibiting measures including removal may only be performed to ensure the public safety or to preserve the relative health of the material involved.
(Ord. 41-10. Passed 9-26-11.)