Legal Documents of Sweetwater

If an applicant seeks to obtain a certificate of occupancy prior to the landscaping being installed, the property owner may post an irrevocable letter of credit or bond with the city treasurer. The amount of the letter of credit or bond shall be based on material and installation costs of the uninstalled landscape material, including a ten percent (10%) contingency cost. Such cost of the landscaping shall be certified by a licensed contractor.

Upon receiving the certificate of occupancy, the remaining landscape material shall be installed within six (6) months. The letter of credit or bond shall be called if the required landscaping has not been installed by the end of the six (6) month period and the funds shall be applied to complete the landscaping work. (as added by Ord. #832, Jan. 2009, as replaced by Ord. #935, Jan. 2016)