Development Standards—Landscaping and Irrigation | Town Center
shall be submitted to the department within 30 days of installation completion, unless the installed landscaping has been inspected and accepted by the department. 4. The required landscaping shall be installed no later than three months after issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the project or project phase. However, the time limit for compliance may be extended to allow installation of such required landscaping during the next appropriate planting season. A financial guarantee shall be required prior to issuance of the certificate of occupancy, if landscaping is not installed and inspected prior to occupancy. 5. A tree retention plan (demonstrating compliance with SDC 21.07.070T. shall be prepared and submitted separately from the proposed landscape plan; provided, that retained trees counted towards site landscaping may be identified on the landscape plan. The tree retention plan shall: a. Be reviewed by a certified professional to ensure selection of healthy trees pursuant to SDC 21.07.070T.5. (tree retention requirements); and b. Identify trees scheduled for future removal and/or removed within the past year, to the maximum extent feasible.
2. All landscape materials shall be properly pruned by a trained specialist and trimmed as necessary to maintain a healthy growing condition or to prevent primary limb failure; 3. With the exception of dead, diseased or damaged trees specifically retained to provide wildlife habitat, other dead, diseased, damaged or stolen plantings shall be replaced within three months or during the next planting season if the loss does not occur in a planting season; and 4. Landscape areas shall be kept free of trash, mulched, and weeded according to a vegetation maintenance plan submitted to the director. 5. Maintenance of landscape areas (including irrigation systems, ornamental plantings and other landscape elements) created or installed as part of a subdivision or commercial project in City right-of-way shall be the responsibility of the abutting property owner or homeowner’s association in accordance with the Public Works Standards. Any tree removal within public or private right-of-way shall require City approval.
K. Financial guarantees
Financial guarantees shall be required consistent with the provisions of SMC Title 27A. This time period may be extended to one year by the director, if necessary to cover a planting and growing season.
J. Maintenance
1. All landscaping shall be maintained for the life of the project, including water conservation practices for turf grass such as annual aeration and dethatching, top dressing and overseeding;
L. Water use – Applicability of water budget for landscape areas
Irrigation systems of any type are optional components of a landscape area. However, a water budget for irrigation
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 517
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