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Section 4. Section 41-256 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended <br />to comply with AB 1881, such that it reads as follows: <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 <br />meet the following 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) One (1) tree species for up to five (5) dwelling units and an additional <br />tree species for each increment of five (5) units. <br />(4) Six (6) five-gallon size shrubs and ten (10) one-gallon size <br />herbaceous perennials/shrubs as a foundation planting. <br />(5) Turf or acceptable dry climate ground cover: <br />a. Turf shall be drought tolerant variety and planted as sod or <br />hydroseed. <br />b. Ground cover shall be well-rooted cuttings from flats and <br />planted at appropriate spacing for that particular plant material. <br />(b) Side yard: Corner lots shall require one (1) fifteen-gallon size tree for <br />every thirty (30) linear feet of property abutting a street plus six (6) five- <br />gallon size shrubs as a foundation planting. Root barriers shall be required <br />on all trees planted along the street oriented yards. <br />(c) Rear yard. A buffer shall be provided for privacy from adjoining <br />property. A hedge or vines on a fence are satisfactory screens. <br />(d) Project perimeter walls: <br />(1) Flowering vines shall be secured to a decorative masonry wall or <br />wood fence material. <br />(2) The vines shall be five-gallon size and be planted at twenty-foot <br />intervals. They shall be secured to the walls with eye hooks and wire. <br />Ordinance No. NS-2801 <br />Page 4 of 23