For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply.
(a) BERM shall refer to an earthen mound covered with vegetation that is designed to provide visual interest, screen undesirable views, and/or decrease noise.
(b) BUFFER shall refer to a combination of physical space and vertical elements, such as plants, berms, fences, or walls, whose purpose is to separate and screen incompatible land uses from each other.
(c) CONSTRUCTION LINE shall refer to a line drawn on a landscape plan that encompasses the area where all proposed building on the site is expected to take place.
(d) DECIDUOUS shall refer to a plant with foliage that is shed annually.
(e) EVERGREEN shall refer to a plant with foliage that persists and remains green year-round.
(f) GROUND COVER shall refer to grasses or other plants and landscaping grown to keep soil from being blown or washed away.
(g) HEDGES shall refer to a landscape barrier consisting of a continuous, dense planting of shrubs.
(h) LANDSCAPING shall refer to any combination of living plants such as grass, ground cover, shrubs, vines, hedges or trees and nonliving landscape material such as rocks, pebbles, sand, mulch, walls, fences or decorative paving materials.
(i) SCREEN shall refer to a method of reducing the impact of noise and unsightly visual intrusions with less offensive or more harmonious elements, such as plants, berms, fences, walls, or any appropriate combination thereof.
(j) SHADE TREE shall refer to a tree planted primarily for its high crown of foliage or overhead canopy; generally the term shade tree refers to a deciduous tree rather than an evergreen.
(k) SHRUB shall refer to a woody plant, smaller than a tree, consisting of several small stems from the ground or small branches. A tree may be classified as deciduous or evergreen.
(l) TREE shall refer to a large, woody plant having one or several self-supporting stems or trunks and numerous branches. A tree may be classified as deciduous or evergreen.
(m) TERMINAL PARKING ISLANDS shall refer to any parking island at the terminus of a continuous row of abutting parking spaces.
(n) WOODLANDS, ESTABLISHED shall refer to existing trees and shrubs of a number, size, and species that accomplish the same general function as new plantings. (Ord. 22-089. Passed 12-5-22.)