Whenever any property is affected by these landscape requirements, the property owner or developer shall prepare a landscape plan for submittal to the Planning Commission or designee for review
(a) Landscape Plan Content. The contents of the landscape plan shall include the following:
(1) Site plan, drawn to an easily readable scale no smaller than one inch equals twenty feet; showing and labeling by name and dimensions, all existing and proposed property lines, easements, building and other structures, vehicular use areas including parking stalls, driveways, service areas, square footage, etc. locations of structures on adjoining parcels, water outlets and landscape material, including botanical name and common name, installation size, on center planting dimensions where applicable, and quantities for all plants used and all existing trees;
(2) Typical elevations and/or cross sections as may be required;
(3) Title block with the pertinent names and addresses, property owner, person drawing plan, scale, date, north arrow, generally orient plan so that north is to top of plan and zoning district.
(4) Site grading with a minimum of one-foot contour intervals must be included.
(b) Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy. Where landscaping is required, no building permit shall be issued until the required landscaping plan has been submitted and approved and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until the landscaping is completed as certified by an on-site inspection by the City Engineer unless a performance bond, or irrevocable letter of credit from a banking institution, has been posted. If the required landscaping has not been completed and a temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, a performance bond or irrevocable letter of credit from a banking institution shall be posted at that time.
(c) Posting of Bond or Irrevocable Letter of Credit. After a bond or irrevocable letter of credit has been posted, the landscaping material required in the approved landscaping plan shall be installed within six months after the date of posting the bond or irrevocable letter of credit. A three month extension of the planting period may be granted by the City Engineer upon a demonstration by the property owner of developer that such an extension is warranted because of adverse weather conditions or unavailability of required plant materials. No more than two such extensions may be granted. Foreclosure proceedings shall be brought against the performance bond or irrevocable letter of credit if the required landscaping plans have not been complied with by the end of the approved planting period.
(Ord. 173-2000. Passed 12-17-00.)