The provisions of this section shall
apply to all development in the Town exclusive of single-family dwellings.
A. Where natural or existing topographic patterns
contribute to beauty and utility of development, they shall be preserved
and developed. Modification to topography will be permitted where
it contributes to good appearance.
B. Grades of walks, parking spaces, terraces,
and other paved areas shall provide an inviting and stable appearance
for walking and, if seating is provided, for sitting.
C. Landscape treatment shall be provided to
enhance architectural features, strengthen vistas and important nodes,
and provide shade. Spectator effects shall be reserved for special
locations only.
D. Utility of design shall be achieved by
repetition of certain plant varieties and other materials by correlation
with adjacent developments.
E. Plant material shall be selected for interests
in its structure, texture, and color, and ultimate growth. Plants
that are indigenous to the area and others that will be hardy, harmonious
to design, and of good appearance shall be used.
F. In locations where plants will be susceptible
to injury by pedestrian or motor traffic, they shall be protected
by appropriate tree guards, curbs, or other devices.
G. Parking areas and traffic ways shall be
enhanced with landscaped spaces containing trees and bushes, or tree
and bush groupings.
H. Where building sites limit planting, the
placement of plant material in parkways or around paved areas is encouraged.
I. Screening of service yards or other places
that tend to be unsightly shall be accomplished by use of walls, fencing
and planting, or a combination of these. Screening shall be equally
effective in winter and summer.
J. In areas where general plant material will
not prosper, other materials such as fences, walls, and paving of
wood, brick, stone, gravel, and cobbles shall be used. Carefully selected
plants shall be combined with such materials where possible.
K. Exterior lighting, when used, shall enhance the building design and the adjoining landscape. Lighting standards and building fixtures shall be of a design and size compatible with the building and adjacent areas. Lighting shall be restrained in design and excessive brightness avoided. Article
XXII of this chapter further defines the lighting requirements.
Along both sides of all newly created streets that are constructed in accordance with Chapter
73, Land Subdivision, the developer shall either plant or retain sufficient trees so that between the paved portion of the street and a line running parallel to and 50 feet from the center line of the street, there is for every 30 feet of street frontage at least an average of one deciduous tree that has, or will have when fully mature, a trunk at least 12 inches in diameter. Trees, when planted, shall have a caliper of at least 2.5 inches measured at 4.5 feet from ground level, and shall have no branches below six feet. All trees shall be properly staked at time of planting.