§ 33-12. Maintenance Standards and Requirements.

The landowner shall be responsible for the general maintenance, including but not limited to watering of all landscaped areas required by this Article, and the timely repair and replacement of all required plant and landscape materials in such landscaped areas.

A.

Plantings shall be kept mulched to prevent weed growth and to retain soil moisture;

B.

Plant material shall be pruned to maintain healthy and vigorous growth with all pruning performed in accordance with generally accepted maintenance standard practices.

C.

All turf areas shall be kept mown.

D.

All plant and landscape material and landscaped areas shall be kept free of refuse and debris.

E.

The landowner shall maintain any plant material required by this ordinance and any plant material that dies must be replaced in kind, or with a suitable substitute as approved by the Zoning Administrator. Preserved existing trees, that subsequently die, shall be replaced by new trees of a caliper and/or height as would be required by this Article.

F.

This Section, 33-12, of this Article shall apply to all landscaping which has been included as part of any site plan approved in accordance with Article 20, both prior to and subsequent to the adoption of this Article.

(Ords. of 8-1-2006(2); 2-6-2018(1), Att. A)

Editor's note— Attachment A of an ordinance adopted Feb. 6, 2018, renumbered former § 33-11 as § 33-12.

(Ords. of 8-1-2006(2); 2-6-2018(1), Att. A)

Editor's note

Attachment A of an ordinance adopted Feb. 6, 2018, renumbered former § 33-11 as § 33-12.