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Sections of Chapter 41 to be Amended <br /> Sec. 41-240. Landscaping standards in the Rl district. <br /> In the RI district, all yards shall be landscaped. Each residential unit shall meet the following <br /> minimum requirements: <br /> (a) Front yard: <br /> (1) One (1)twenty-four-inch box canopy tree. <br /> (2) All trees shall be double-staked. <br /> (3) Six (6) five-gallon size shrubs and ten (10) one-gallon size herbaceous perennials/shrubs as <br /> a foundation planting. <br /> (4) Turf or acceptable dry climate ground cover: <br /> a. Turf shall be drought tolerant variety and planted as sod or hydroseed. <br /> b. Ground cover shall be well-rooted cuttings from flats and planted at appropriate spacing for <br /> that particular plant material. <br /> (b) Side yard: Corner lots shall require one (1)fifteen-gallon size tree for every thirty (30) <br /> linear feet of property abutting a street, plus six (6) five-gallon size shrubs as a foundation <br /> planting. Root barriers shall be required on all trees planted along the street oriented yards. <br /> (c) Project perimeter walls: <br /> (I) Flowering vines shall be secured to a decorative masonry wall or wood fence material. <br /> (2) The vines shall be five-gallon size and be planted at twenty-foot intervals. They shall be <br /> secured to the walls with eye hooks and wire. <br /> (3) Espaliered shrubs, fruit trees, or other ornamental trees may be substituted for the flowering <br /> vines. <br /> (d) Irrigation system: <br /> (1) All planting areas must be designed with an automatic irrigation system. A pop-up sprinkler <br /> type irrigation system shall be provided for all yards for each residential unit. Drip, bubbler, or <br /> other low gallonage systems may be used in buffer areas and narrow strips. <br /> (2) The use of "xeriphytic" or dry climate type plant materials is encouraged. Irrigation systems <br /> may require special fittings to properly water dry climate plantings. <br /> (3) All irrigation systems shall be equipped with a controller capable of dual or multiple station <br /> programming. <br /> (e) Screening: <br /> (1) All meters shall be appropriately screened from public view with trellis work and vines or a <br /> hedge type shrub or they shall be incorporated into the residential structure. <br /> (2) Any enclosed structure for utilities must not encroach into any required setback. <br /> (f) Maintenance: All plant material shall be maintained per section 41-609 of this chapter. <br /> f~~A~e--~lS-z. ~ ~ 4-=-~ <br /> (g) Landscaping shall be installed and maintained in compliance with Article XVI of this <br /> chapter, pertaining to water conservation. <br /> Sec. 41-256. Landscape standards for the R-2 district. <br /> In the R2 district, all yards shall be landscaped. Each residential unit shall meet the <br /> <br /> following minimum requirements: <br /> <br /> (a) Front yard: <br /> <br /> (1) One (1)twenty-four-inch box canopy tree. <br /> 75A-7 <br /> <br />