Legal Documents of Sweetwater

All new developments, modifications to existing developments, and/or redevelopments of all commercial, office, industrial, multi-family, public, and semi-public uses shall submit a landscape plan in conjunction with a site plan. The landscape plan may be prepared by the preparer of the site plan or by a nursery professional, horticulturist, or other person with proven training and experience in the field of landscape design. In addition to the site plan information, the following additional elements shall be shown on the landscape plan:

1. Existing and proposed drainage features and 100-year floodplain, if applicable;
2. Existing and proposed overhead and underground utility lines, including light poles;
3. Existing and proposed easements;
4. Existing natural areas to be retained;
5. The location and width of all required buffer strips;
6. A plant schedule, which includes the following:
   
   1. The number and the common and botanical name(s) of existing and proposed plant material to be counted toward fulfilling landscaping requirements; and
   2. The height and caliper (where applicable) of all proposed plant material at the time of planting.
7. The species names and the locations of all trees and shrubs to be planted; and
8. The location, species name, and size of existing trees and shrubs to be credited toward meeting the landscaping requirements. Where a heavily wooded area is being used to fulfill the buffer strip planting requirements, an identification of each individual tree is not required. The plan, however, must clearly address how such areas will contribute toward fulfilling the landscaping requirements. (as added by Ord. #832, Jan. 2009, and replaced by Ord. #935, Jan. 2016)