§ 46-663. Plant materials.

Whenever in this chapter a greenbelt or planting is required, it shall be planted within six months from the date of issuance of a certificate of occupancy and shall thereafter be reasonably maintained with permanent plant materials to provide a screen to abutting properties. Suitable materials equal in characteristics to the plant materials listed with the spacing as required shall be provided.

(1)

Plant material spacing.

a.

Where plant materials are placed in two or more rows, plantings shall be staggered in rows.

b.

Evergreen trees shall be planted not more than 30 feet on centers, and shall not be less than five feet in height.

c.

Narrow evergreens shall be planted not more than six feet on centers, and shall not be less than three feet in height.

d.

Tree-like shrubs shall be planted not more than ten feet on centers, and shall not be less than four feet in height.

e.

Large deciduous shrubs shall be planted not more than four feet on centers, and shall not be less than six feet in height.

f.

Large deciduous trees shall be planted not more than 30 feet on centers, and shall not be less than eight feet in height.

g.

Small shrubs shall be planted not more than four feet on centers, and not less than two feet in height.

(2)

Trees not permitted.

a.

Box Elder.

b.

Elms.

c.

Poplars.

d.

Willows.

e.

Horse Chestnut (nut bearing).

f.

Tree of Heaven.

g.

Catalpa.

h.

Jack Pine.

i.

Scotch Pine.

j.

Silver Maple.

k.

Walnut.

(3)

Shrubs not permitted.

a.

Honeysuckle.

b.

Privet Hedge.

c.

Lilac (native species).

(4)

Berms.

a.

Slopes shall not exceed a ratio of 1:4.

b.

Landscaped berms greater than one foot in height and less than five feet in width shall be provided with a subsurface watering system.

c.

Landscaped berms less than eight feet wide shall not exceed two feet in height.

d.

Landscaped berms greater than eight feet wide shall not exceed three feet in height.

Suggested Plant Materials		Height Minimum (in feet)
Evergreen trees		3
	Douglas Fir*
	Fir
	Hemlock
	Juniper
	Pine (Red or White)
	Spruce*
	White Fir*
Narrow evergreens		3
	Blue Columnar Chinese Juniper
	Douglas Arbor-Vitae
	Irish Yew
	Juniper
	Pyramidal Red-Cedar
Tree-like shrubs		3
	Dogwood
	Flowering Crab
	Hawthorn
	Mountain Ash
	Redbud
	Rose of Sharon
Large deciduous shrubs		6
	Arrow Wood Viburnum*
	Cotoneaster
	Euonymus
	Forsythia
	French Hybrid Lilac*
	Hazelnut
	Lilac
	Mock-Orange
	Ninebark
	Viburnum
Deciduous trees		8
	Beech*
	Birch
	Ginkgo
	Hackberry
	Honeylocust
	Horse Chestnut
	Linden
	Little Leaf Linden*
	Maple (Hard/Sugar)*
	Modesto Ash*
	Oak*
	Red Maple
	Sweet Gum
	Sycamore
	Sycamore (London Plane)*
Small shrubs		8
	Burning Bush
	Junipers
	Spirea
	Yews

 

*Recommended for hardiness and maintenance.

(Prior Code, § 5.190; Ord. No. 98-26, 1-4-1999)