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, trees, or shrubs or a strip of paver bricks, or stones (six inches or more in diameter) set in mortar, that strip being two feet wide or less and being located along the curb. This applies to all zoning districts except the following: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6 and R-7.
(B) A minimum of one parkway tree per 50 feet of frontage is required for all development; provided, however, a minimum of one parkway tree per 25 feet of frontage is required for all non-residential development in the B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4 and B-5 Districts and also in the ORI Office and Restricted Industrial District and M-1 General Manufacturing District under the Tinley Park Zoning Ordinance.
(C) The use of loose stone, rock, or gravel is prohibited on public parkways. Compacted cobbles, flagstone, or other rocks may be approved if these features are compacted firmly into the ground or mortared, reducing risk of being scattered in the street.
(D) Trees shall be planted on the centerline 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.
(E) A minimum parkway width of four feet is required for trees in a parkway.
(F) Wherever feasible, parkway trees shall be planted on the public parkway and not on the private property side of the sidewalk.
(G) Parkway trees shall consist of shorter trees if overhead utilities exist or if the street is subject to widening in the future. Otherwise, taller trees are required as shown in the following list. A mixture of trees shall be planted whenever feasible.
(Ord. 99-0-053, passed 8-17-99)