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TREATMENT FOR DECK SPACE AND COURTYARD AREAS ABOVE GRADE <br /> <br />Open space designated for deck space/courtyard area shall be <br />landscaped. A landscape plan is required and must be <br />approved along with the general landscape plan. The plan <br />should call out a variety of trees, shrubs, ground covers, <br />vines, and annual color. <br /> <br />Planter requirements: <br /> <br />· Must provide adequate drainage. <br /> <br />· Specify soil mixture, fertilizer, and other <br /> cultural requirements. <br /> <br />· Water source must be provided, i.e. automatic <br /> tion.system or hose bib connections. <br /> <br />special <br />irriga- <br /> <br />· Permanent or mobile. <br /> <br />· Various materials -- concrete, clay, high grade plas- <br /> tic, brick, ceramic. <br /> <br />· Color should conform to building palette. <br /> <br />· Various shapes and planter dimensions. <br /> <br />· Liners may be incorporated for changeouts. <br /> <br />Sizes will vary with plant material: <br /> <br />- 36" minimum for trees with ground cover and/or annu- <br /> als. <br /> <br />- 24" minimum for shrubs alone or with annuals or <br /> ground cover· <br /> <br />- 18" or 24" minimum for annual color, low herbaceous <br /> ornamentals. <br /> <br />Incorporate lattice work or wall support for vines; <br />arbors _are acceptable for a~hieving the required per- <br />centage of landscape. <br /> <br />Pools with water plants and fish and/or fountain are <br />acceptable· <br /> <br />Twenty percent (20%) or more of the total area shall be <br />planted. Annual color is encouraged; however, the use <br />of perennial herbaceous plants (day lilies, Clivia, <br />Agapanthus, flowering ground covers, etc.) is accept- <br />able. Benches, tables and other furnishings can be <br />considered 5% of the landscape requirement. <br /> <br />--3-- , <br /> <br /> <br />