Article and the Town’s Standard Specifications & Construction Details.
a. Minimum Requirements
All plant materials shall meet the minimum container size, class and other requirements outlined in the American Standard for Nursery Stock published by the American Nursery and Landscape Association. Plants shall have normal well-developed branches and vigorous root systems. New plant material shall be sized and installed under the following minimum standards: (1) Compatibility with Native Plant Material. All new plant material installed according with this Article shall be compatible with existing plant material and supplemented by native or adaptive plants of this region and hardiness zone. Where possible, the landscaping should include drought tolerant plant material to maintain a consistent vegetative appearance and incorporate the following standards. (2) Grass (Turf Grass) . Grass shall be installed as seed or sod using species normally grown for this region in all areas of a site not otherwise used for plant material, buffers or impervious surfaces. The establishment of grass and/or grass seed with a full and evenly distributed straw coverage shall be in place on each lot or parcel of land to meet sedimentation and erosion control standards to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy. (3) Plant Material Permitted . A list of suggested and acceptable species of trees, shrubs and groundcovers (including grasses) that will enhance the native landscape of the Town of Fuquay- Varina and minimize water consumption is provided in the Town’s Standard Specifications & Construction Details.
b. Native & Existing Plant Material
The Town is interested in the preservation of quality existing plant material; as such, the Town provides for the incorporation of existing plant material, quality vegetation, into proposed landscape plans and its use toward meeting the provisions of the Land Development Ordinance. Quality vegetation is vegetation that is not diseased or damaged where treatment would not be practical. Vegetation removal shall be limited to just those portions of the existing vegetation area(s) necessary to correct any problems and leaving the remainder of the quality vegetation in place, except as otherwise provided or approved in accordance with the Land Development Ordinance. (1) Incorporate Existing Plant Material . Existing plant material shall be identified on the landscaping plan and labeled as “existing to remain” where located in any required perimeter buffer area. Any removal of existing plant material shall be done in compliance
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