a. Routine Maintenance
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner(s), their agent, heirs or assigns to perform the following routine maintenance in order to provide all landscaping in a healthy and thriving environment: (1) Fertilizer . All grass and vegetation shall be lightly fertilized at the appropriate time and quantity during the year to avoid fertilizer pollution to groundwater, streams and ponds and avoid grass burns from excessive fertilizing. (2) Exposed Ground Prohibited . No disturbed landscape area shall be left exposed. Turf grass and/or other approved groundcovers or mulch shall cover all non-paved and non-built-upon areas.
(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.
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