§ 7.11.03. Landscape requirements and layout objectives.

A.

Residential.

1.

Landscape regulations for detached single-family residences (including manufactured homes not located in a mobile home park) and two-family and three-family residences shall be as follows:

a.

Prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a dwelling as referenced on an individual lot the following requirements must be met:

i.

Sod shall be placed around the perimeter of the new dwelling, or addition where applicable, and shall extend a minimum of 15 feet from the structure. Any remaining slope shall be seeded and mulched. Landscape beds and the like may be located within the required 15-foot sodded area.

ii.

Any remaining disturbed surface on the residential lot or parcel shall be sodded, mulched and seeded or otherwise surfaced in a manner which prevents wind and rain erosion but which allows water to penetrate the ground surface.

iii.

One tree shall be preserved or planted for every 1,000 square feet or fractional portion thereof for a new dwelling or addition where applicable.

2.

Landscape regulations for multiple-family uses consisting of four or more attached or detached dwelling units, but not detached single-family units within a single-family residential plat, shall be as follows:

a.

Prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a new multifamily dwelling or expansion thereof, each lot or parcel used for such residential purpose shall contain a minimum of one tree and five shrubs per 1,000 square feet of impervious surface. One tree and five shrubs is required for every 5,000 square feet of impervious surface after the first 40,000 square feet of impervious surface. At least 50 percent of the total required landscaping for the development shall be placed in that portion of the lot or parcel between the principal building or buildings and an adjacent street. All pervious areas shall be mulched and seeded, sodded or otherwise surfaced in a manner which prevents wind and rain erosion but which allows water to penetrate the ground surface.

b.

Common areas such as but not limited to maintenance and service areas, refuse storage and compaction facilities, shall be effectively screened from view of any residential units onsite, an adjacent parcel and from any adjacent public or private street right-of-way by the use of opaque screening which may include a combination of fences and shrubs which shall be not less than six feet in height at time of installation.

c.

Common areas such as but not limited to playgrounds, clubhouses, pavilions, mailboxes, walking trails, ponds and other such amenities shall be landscaped with appropriate conforming landscaping for the amenity type.

d.

Perimeter buffer strips shall be provided as follows:

i.

A pervious buffer strip planted with grass or other natural/organic ground cover and one tree and five shrubs at least every 30 linear feet, shall be provided between the vehicular use area and all adjacent public street rights-of-way. Such a buffer strip shall have a width of five feet along rights-of-way of less than 60 feet in width, and ten feet along rights-of-way having a width greater than 60 feet.

ii.

A pervious buffer strip planted with grass or other natural/organic ground cover and one tree and three shrubs at least every 50 linear feet shall be provided along a property line when the property line is adjacent to a lot or parcel in single-family use or in a single-family zoning district. Such a buffer strip shall have a width of not less then five feet.

B.

Nonresidential uses. Landscaping requirements for nonresidential uses shall be as follows:

1.

Prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a new structure each lot or parcel shall contain a minimum of one tree and five shrubs per 1,000 square feet of impervious surface. One tree and five shrubs is required for every 5,000 square feet of impervious surface after the first 40,000 square feet of impervious surface. At least 50 percent of the total required landscaping for the development shall placed in that portion of the lot or parcel between the principal building or buildings and an adjacent street. All pervious areas shall be mulched and seeded, sodded or otherwise surfaced in a manner which prevents wind and rain erosion but which allows water to penetrate the ground surface.

2.

Service areas, such as but not limited to loading docks, maintenance and service areas, including refuse storage and compaction facilities, shall be effectively screened from view from an adjoining lot in a more restrictive district and from an adjoining public street right-of-way by the use of opaque fences and/or a combination of fences and shrubs which shall be not less than six feet in height at time of installation.

3.

Perimeter buffer strips shall be provided as follows:

a.

A pervious buffer strip planted with grass or other natural/organic ground cover and one tree and five shrubs at least every 30 linear feet, shall be provided between the vehicular use area and all adjacent public street rights-of-way. Such a buffer strip shall have a width of five feet along rights-of-way of less than 60 feet in width, and ten feet along rights-of-way having a width greater than 60 feet.

b.

A pervious buffer strip planted with grass or other natural/organic ground cover and one tree and three shrubs at least every 50 linear feet shall be provided along a property line when the property line is adjacent to a lot or parcel in single-family use or in a single-family zoning district. Such a buffer strip shall have a width of not less then five feet.

(Ord. No. 2008-09, § 1(Attch. 1), 11-6-08)