If landscape buffer yard easements or areas of natural resource
mitigation are delineated on the certified survey map, preliminary
plat, or condominium or are otherwise required by the Plan Commission,
a landscape plan for those areas shall be prepared. Thirty-six full-size
copies of a landscape plan drawn to the same scale as the certified
survey map, preliminary plat or condominium submission shall be submitted
with the preliminary plat or condominium. The landscape plan shall
be prepared on tracing cloth, reproducible drafting film, or paper
of good quality at a map scale as appropriate and shall show correctly
the following information:
A. Proposed name. The proposed name of the certified survey map, subdivision
plat, or condominium.
B. Location. The location of the proposed certified survey map, subdivision
plat, or condominium.
C. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the owners, subdividers,
lessee and/or developer. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers
of the owners, subdividers, lessee and/or developer(s) of the property
and of the designer of the plan.
D. Site boundary. The boundary line of the site, with dimensions, indicated
by a solid line, and the total land area encompassed by the site.
E. Landscape buffer yard easements and natural resource mitigation areas.
All proposed landscape buffer yard easements and/or areas of natural
resource mitigation shall be clearly delineated and dimensioned on
the landscape plan and shall be graphically shown in relation to all
proposed lot lines and lots upon which said landscape buffer yard
easements or mitigation areas are located.
F. Location, extent, type, and sizes of existing trees and natural resource
features. Location, extent, type (common name and scientific name
in the case of plant materials), and sizes of all existing trees and
natural resource features in all areas of the subdivision, certified
survey map, or condominium which are designated as a landscape buffer
yard easement and/or mitigation area. If any existing vegetation or
other natural resource features are to be demolished or mitigated,
the extent of such demolition or area to be mitigated shall be clearly
delineated and so noted on the landscape plan.
G. Location, extent, type, and sizes of landscape materials and plantings.
Location, extent, type (common name and scientific name in the case
of plant materials), and sizes of proposed landscaping and landscape
plantings in all areas of the subdivision, certified survey map, or
condominium which are designated as a landscape buffer yard easement
or for areas which are to serve as landscaped entrances or other special
landscaped features of the subdivision, certified survey map, or condominium
shall be indicated on the landscape plan.
H. Landscape plant material specifications. All new landscape plant
material shall be grown in a nursery located in Plant Hardiness Zone
4 and shall conform to the applicable requirements as specified in
the current edition of American Standard for Nursery Stock as approved
by the American National Standards Institute, Inc., and sponsored
by the American Association of Nurserymen, Inc. Botanical plant names
shall be in accordance with the current edition of Standardized Plant
Names prepared by the American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature.
I. Natural resource features mitigation plan required. If any natural
resource feature is to be mitigated, either on site or off site, the
plan for such mitigation, in adequate detail, as required by the Plan
Commission, shall be submitted with the landscape plan.
J. Maintenance. Areas of a subdivision, certified survey map, or condominium
designated as landscape easement areas shall be maintained and kept
free of all debris, rubbish, weeds and tall grass by the property
owner or homeowners' association (whichever is applicable).