If landscape bufferyard easements, areas of natural resource
protection, or areas of natural resource mitigation are delineated
on the certified survey map, preliminary plat, or condominium or are
otherwise required by the Village Board, upon the recommendation of
the Plan Commission, a landscape plan for those areas shall be prepared.
Twenty full-size copies of a landscape plan drawn to the same scale
as the certified survey map, preliminary plat or condominium submission
shall be submitted with the certified survey map, preliminary plat,
or condominium.
A. The landscape plan shall be prepared on tracing cloth, reproducible
drafting film, or paper of good quality at a map scale as appropriate
and shall show correctly the following information:
(1) Proposed
name. The proposed name of the certified survey map, subdivision plat,
or condominium.
(2) Location.
The location of the proposed certified survey map, subdivision plat,
or condominium.
(3) Names,
addresses, and telephone numbers of the owners, subdividers, lessee(s)
and/or developer(s) of the property and of the designer of the plan.
(4) Site
boundary. The boundary line of the site with dimensions, indicated
by a solid line, and the total land area encompassed by the site.
(5) Landscape
bufferyard easements, private mini-parks, and natural resource mitigation
areas.
(a)
All proposed landscape bufferyard easements, private mini-parks,
and/or areas of natural resource mitigation shall be clearly delineated
and dimensioned on the landscape plan and shall be graphically shown
in relation to all proposed lot lines and lots upon which said landscape
bufferyard easements, private mini-parks, or mitigation areas are
located.
(b)
All proposed improvements to private mini-parks (including all landscape plant materials, ground cover treatments, and play equipment) shall be clearly and graphically indicated, labeled, and dimensioned on the landscape plan and shall be in full compliance with the provisions of §
582-55 for required private mini-park improvements. In the case of play equipment to be installed at any private mini-park, copies of the manufacturer's specifications for said play equipment shall be submitted to the Village. All landscape plans submitted for private mini-parks shall also require the review and approval of the Village Board, upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission, prior to the approval of any final subdivision plat, condominium plat, or condominium.
(6) 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 specific sizes of all existing trees and
natural resource features in all areas of the subdivision, certified
survey map, or condominium, including all areas of the subdivision,
certified survey map, or condominium designated as a landscape bufferyard
easement, areas of natural resource protection, and/or mitigation
areas. 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 clearly delineated and so noted on the
landscape plan. The landscape plan shall further indicate all proposed
grading and filling, ravines, bluffs, wetlands, one-hundred-year recurrence
interval floodplains, proposed building footprints ("building envelopes"),
and all impervious surfaces. The landscape plan shall also identify
any and all trees or other vegetation proposed for demolition, removal
or movement.
(7) Location,
extent, type, and sizes of proposed 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 subdivision, certified survey map, or
condominium which are designated as a landscape bufferyard easement,
areas of natural resource mitigation, or for areas which are to serve
as landscaped entrances or other special landscaped features of the
subdivision, certified survey map, or condominium. All proposed ground
covers shall be indicated on the landscape plan.
B. Landscape plant material specifications. All new landscape plant
material shall be grown in a nursery located in Plant Hardiness Zone
4 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.
The landscape contractor shall be guided in professional and ethical
matters by the Arboriculture Code as adopted by the International
Society of Arboriculture.
C. 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 Village
Board, upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission, shall be submitted
with the landscape plan.
D. Maintenance. Areas of a subdivision, certified survey map, or condominium
designated as landscape easement areas shall be maintained and kept
free of all debris, rubbish, weeds and tall grass by the property
owner or homeowners' association (whichever is applicable).