Emphasis shall be placed upon landscaping as
a means of achieving beauty, safety and convenience in the community.
Landscaping shall be designed in such a manner as to impart its aesthetic
character when viewed from an area accessible to the public or from
adjacent properties. It will be required on all projects. The location,
nature and height of walls and fences and the nature and extent of
the landscaping on the sites shall be such that the use will not hinder
or discourage the appropriate development and use of adjacent land
and buildings.
Landscaping design and planning shall be integrated
into the overall design and shall not be considered as an afterthought.
Proposed landscape design schemes shall be evaluated in their relationship
to the existing natural landscape or to the developed or proposed
landscape, including those on adjacent properties. The existing natural
landscape character shall be preserved whenever possible and practical.
Landscaping includes not only the design and
installation of plant material but also paving, benches, fountains,
exterior lighting fixtures, fences and other items of outdoor furniture
serving the pedestrian. The design of these items shall complement
the total design of the space. No advertising will be allowed on any
exposed amenity or facility such as benches and trash containers.
One of the uses of landscaping will be to screen,
to buffer and to accentuate boundaries and to involve the masking
out or concealing of any objectionable area. The achievement of this
is left to the designer, whether by walls, fences, mounds of earth
or vegetation. Screening shall be employed to mask from the public
view or adjacent properties such service areas as trash and garbage
areas, outside equipment of an unaesthetic character and accessory
buildings or areas not enhancing or in keeping with the aesthetics
of the project or neighborhood.
All landscaping and plantings designated on
the plans shall be of specified height and shall be installed and
growing in a healthy condition before a certificate of occupancy is
issued.
