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1011.03: LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING IN ALL DISTRICTS: 3433 <br />A. Landscaping Generally: 3434 <br />1. Purpose. The City recognizes the aesthetic, ecological, and economic value of landscaping in both 3435 <br />the natural and built environments, and has established minimum landscaping and screening 3436 <br />requirements applicable throughout the City to serve the following objectives: 3437 <br />a. Protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the community; 3438 <br />b. Deter crime through the use of good environmental design practices; 3439 <br />c. Promote the reestablishment of vegetation in the community for aesthetic, health, and wildlife 3440 <br />reasons; 3441 <br />d. Improve ground water quality; 3442 <br />e. Reduce storm water runoff; 3443 <br />f. Promote compatibility between land uses by reducing the visual, noise, dust, and lighting 3444 <br />impacts of specific development on users of the site and abutting uses; 3445 <br />g. Aid in energy conservation by providing shade from the sun and shelter from the wind; 3446 <br />h. Safeguard and enhance property values; 3447 <br />i. Encourage a resourceful and prudent approach to urban development and break up expanses 3448 <br />of paved areas and provide surface shade; 3449 <br />j. Provide incentives for creative land use and good site design which preserves existing trees 3450 <br />and maintenance of existing vegetation; and 3451 <br />k. Provide an objective method for the replacement of trees. 3452 <br />2. Applicability: The Community Development Department may require additional landscaping or 3453 <br />alter the placement of the landscaping as deemed appropriate. 3454 <br />3. Minimum Landscape Requirements: 3455 <br />a. All open areas of a lot that are not used for buildings, parking or circulation areas, patios, or 3456 <br />storage shall be landscaped with a combination of canopy trees, ornamental trees, evergreen 3457 <br />trees, shrubs, flowers, sod, ground cover materials, and other site design features to ensure 3458 <br />soil stabilization. This shall not apply to undisturbed areas retained in a natural state. 3459 <br />b. All landscaping and site improvements shall be completed within 1 year after the certificate 3460 <br />of occupancy has been issued. 3461 <br />c. An underground sprinkler system shall be installed in all landscaped areas except areas to be 3462 <br />preserved in a natural state or where all proposed plant materials are drought-tolerant. Where 3463 <br />drought-tolerant plant materials are used, irrigation shall be required only for the 2-year 3464 <br />period following the installation and may be accomplished using hoses, water trucks, or other 3465 <br />nonpermanent means. 3466