Article O LANDSCAPING & TREE PROTECTION STANDARDS
§9-1700 PURPOSE & INTENT
a. Purpose
The purpose of this Article is to establish standards to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the Town of Fuquay-Varina.
b. Intent
The intent is to enhance the appearance and aesthetic conditions of the Town, promote livability, reduce incompatibilities between land uses, provide for the installation of appropriate visual screening and buffering, encourage the preservation of existing vegetation, reduce the amount of impervious surface, mitigate soil erosion and sedimentation through the use of vegetative covers, maintain or increase the value of property by the use of landscaping within developments, and to establish procedures and standards for the administration and enforcement of this Article.
§9-1701 APPLICABILITY
The standards contained in this Article shall be applicable to all development and residential subdivisions specifically related to perimeter boundaries for residential and nonresidential uses and as otherwise required in this Article. These standards shall be applied in the normal review process for subdivision plans and site plans pursuant to the Land Development Ordinance. All areas not covered by parking, drives, streets, or structures shall be improved with landscape elements in accordance with this Article.
§9-1702 LANDSCAPE DESIGN STANDARDS
Landscape design shall be a required element of any development proposed in the Town of Fuquay- Varina and extraterritorial jurisdiction to specifically enhance the appearance and aesthetics of a development, and the Town in general. Appropriate landscaping and buffer material shall be applied to each zoning lot encouraging the preservation of existing native plant material where possible, adding color, texture and visual interest, screening unsightly areas and uses, and providing adequate landscaping arranged to complement and enhance the architecture and character of the site or development. All areas of a zoning lot or parcel of land not covered by parking, drives, streets, or structures shall consist of existing plant material where possible, foundation planting, natural areas, bio retention structures, trees, buffers, grass or other similar improved landscaping in accordance with this
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