(3) Screening & Buffers . Maintain and keep all screening and buffers in a good and healthy condition at all times.
(4) Maintain Landscape Areas . Maintain landscape areas by keeping grass (turf grass) lawns properly mowed and edged; plants properly pruned and disease-free; and planting beds mulched and weeded, except in areas maintained as naturally occurring vegetation and undergrowth. (5) Replacement . Replace any required plant(s) that are significantly damaged, missing, infested, disease-ridden, or dead within the next planting season (spring or fall), but not more than one (1) year from the time the plant(s) are removed. Existing quality trees and vegetation to remain but that are damaged during construction or die within two (2) years of completion of development, shall be replaced with required landscape material by the property owner/developer, new owner, assignee or heir. Landscape plant material replacement shall be based on one (1) or more of the following: A. Plan Required . Where an approved landscaping plan is changed or plant material is removed, a revised plan or written description of such change must be approved by the Planning Director and noted on the existing approved plan. B. Damaged or Removed Trees . Any tree (deciduous or evergreen), whether existing or new, with a minimum three (3) inch caliper that is damaged or removed shall be replaced by the property owner/developer with one (1) two and one-half (2 ½) inch caliper tree. Tree replacement shall be of the same or comparable species and type. (6) Removed or Damaged Existing Vegetation . Where existing vegetation is damaged or removed, replacement vegetation shall be required by the property owner/developer as necessary to restore the removed or damaged vegetation and/or perimeter buffer yards in accordance with the original approved landscaping plan by the Planning Department.
b. Prohibited Materials
Where new plant material is proposed the following restrictions shall apply:
(1) Artificial Plants & Artificial Turf . Artificial plants as part of a landscaping plan are prohibited. Artificial turf is prohibited except for active recreation fields that are typically subject to intense use and soil compaction given the areas purpose and level of use.
(2) Noxious & Invasive Plants . Noxious and invasive plant species identified by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture shall be prohibited and removed if existing on a site
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