A landscape plan shall be prepared on tracing cloth, or reproducible
drafting film, or paper of good quality at a map scale as appropriate
and shall show correctly the following information:
A. Proposed name. The proposed name of the development.
B. Location. The location of the proposed development.
C. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the owners, subdividers,
lessee and/or developer. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers
of the owners, subdividers, lessee and/or developer(s) of the property
and of the designer of the plan.
D. Date. Date of the landscape plan submittal and all applicable revision
dates.
E. Site boundary. The boundary line of the site with dimensions and
bearings, indicated by a solid line, and the total land area encompassed
by the site.
F. Landscape buffer yard easements and natural resource mitigation areas.
All proposed landscape buffer yard easements and/or areas of natural
resource mitigation clearly delineated and dimensioned and graphically
shown in relation to all proposed lot lines and lots upon which said
landscape buffer yard easements or mitigation areas are located.
G. Location, extent, type, and sizes of existing trees and natural resource
features. Location, extent, type (common name and scientific name
in the case of plant materials), and sizes of all existing trees and
natural resource features in all areas of the proposed development
which are designated as a landscape buffer yard easement and/or mitigation
area. If any existing vegetation or other natural resource features
are to be demolished or mitigated, the extent of such demolition or
area to be mitigated shall be properly delineated and so noted on
the landscape plan.
H. Location, extent, type, and sizes of landscape materials and plantings.
Location, extent, type (common name and scientific name in the case
of plant materials), and sizes of proposed landscaping and landscape
plantings in all areas of the proposed development which are designated
as a landscape buffer yard easement or for areas which are to serve
as landscaped entrances or other special landscaped features of the
development.
I. Landscape plant material specifications. All new landscape plant
material shall be grown in a nursery located in Plant Hardiness Zone
4 (as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture) and
shall conform to the applicable requirements as specified in the current
edition of American Standard for Nursery Stock as approved by the
American National Standards Institute, Inc., and sponsored by the
American Association of Nurserymen, Inc. Botanical plant names shall
be in accordance with the current edition of Standardized Plant Names
prepared by the American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature.
J. Natural resource features mitigation plan required. If any natural
resource feature is to be mitigated, either on site or off site, the
plan for such mitigation, in adequate detail, as required by the Plan
Commission, shall be submitted with the landscape plan.
K. Maintenance. Areas of a development designated as landscape easement
areas shall be maintained by the property owner and kept free of all
debris, rubbish, weeds, and tall grass.