Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Code of Sweetwater

Sweetwater
Title 14 : Zoning and Land Use Control
Chapter 10 : Landscape Ordinance

14-1009 : Planting size requirements.

All plants shall meet the following minimum sizes at time of planting:

  1. Deciduous shade, canopy, and understory trees shall be a minimum of a two inch (2") caliper measured at two and one-half feet (2 1/2') above grade level;
  2. Evergreen canopy and understory trees shall be a minimum of six feet (6') tall;
  3. Multi-stem trees shall be a minimum of eight feet (8') tall;
  4. Unless specified otherwise, large shrubs shall be a minimum of three feet (3') in height; and
  5. Small shrubs shall be a minimum of two feet (2') in height. (as added by Ord. #832, Jan. 2009, and replaced by Ord. #935, Jan. 2016)
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland