§ 25-2-984. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.

(A)

This section applies to an owner who is responsible for property for which a site plan has been approved by the City.

(B)

An owner shall maintain required landscaped areas in accordance with the site plan and in healthy condition, free from diseases, pests, weeds, and litter, in accordance with generally accepted horticultural practice.

(C)

An owner who receives notification from the Watershed Protection and Development Review Department that plants on a site are dead, diseased, or severely damaged:

(1)

shall remove the plants not later than the 60th day after notification; and

(2)

replace the plants within six months after notification, or by the next planting season, whichever comes first.

(D)

An owner required to replace plants under Subsection (B) must use replacement plants that are the same size and species as shown on the approved site plan or must be of equivalent quality and size. The replacement of plants under this section is not an amendment to the approved plan.

Source: Section 13-7-63,(a), (c), and (d); Ord. 990225-70; Ord. 010329-18; Ord. 031211-11.