Legal Documents of Sweetwater

In order to soften the expanse of building walls, trees shall be planted around buildings. For each five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross building area, one (1) canopy or understory tree shall be planted on the site. The minimum spacing between trees shall be forty feet (40') measured from trunk to trunk. A minimum of one (1) tree is required per site. If only one (1) tree is required, such tree shall be a canopy tree. (as added by Ord. #832, Jan. 2009, as replaced by Ord. #935, Jan. 2016)