§ 448. Landscaping.

(a)

Development within the East and West Jackson Corridor Overlay Districts shall comply with the following landscaping requirements in addition to those landscaping requirements generally applicable to the development as provided in article 12 of this UDC.

(b)

The minimum width of landscape strips abutting a public or private access street shall be 15 feet. The landscape strip shall be planted with one shrub for each five feet of landscape strip frontage and street trees which shall be spaced at approved intervals depending on the type and size of tree planted, as provided in the list of approved tree species provided below.

(c)

The public development department may, upon application, approve different species than those listed in this section, provided that the applicant for modification of approved tree species submits a proposed plan showing desired placement, prepared and stamped by a registered landscape architect, and which includes a planting list with common names, minimum size, and required spacing.

(d)

No more than 25 percent of the trees installed in a development may be of any one genus. No more than 50 percent of the street trees used in a single development shall be of the small tree species.

Approved Species with Required Spacing and Permitted Placement East and West Jackson Corridor Overlay Districts
Scientific Name	Common Name	Required Spacing on Center	Permitted Placement
Acer palmatum	Japanese Red Maple	20 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Acer rubrum	Red Maple	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Amelanchier abroea	Serviceberry	20 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Betula nigra	River Birch	50 Feet	Buffer
Carya illinoensis	Pecan	50 Feet	Buffer
Carya laciniosa	Shellbark Hickory	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Castanea mollissima	Chinese Chestnut	50 Feet	Buffer
Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud	30 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Cotinus coggygria	Smoketree	10 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington Hawthorn	20 Feet	Landscape strip and parking
Cupressocyparis leylandii	Leyland Cypress	20 Feet	Buffer
Faqus grandifoila	American Beech	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Fraxinas Pennsylvania	Green Ash	20 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Fraxinus americana	White Ash	50 Feet	Buffer
Halesia tetraptera	Carolina Silverbell	20 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern Red Cedar	20 Feet	Buffer
Koelreuteria paniculata	Goldenraintree	30 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Lagerstroemia indica	Crape Myrtle	10 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Liquidambar styraciflua	American Sweetgum	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Liriodenendron tulipifera	Yellow Poplar	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Magnolia grandiflora	Southern Magnolia	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Magnolia stellata	Centennial Star Magnolia	10 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Magnolia virginiana	Sweetbay Magnolia	10 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Magnolia x soulangeana	Saucer Magnolia	20 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Malus sargentii	Sargent Crabapple	10 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Malus snowdrift	Snowdrift Crabapple	20 Feet	Landscape strip, parking and under power lines
Metasequoia glyptostroboides	Dawn Redwood	20 Feet	Buffer
Nyssa sylvatica	Black Gum	20 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Oxydendrum	Sourwood	20 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Pinus strobes	White Pine	30 Feet	Buffer
Plantanus racemosa	California Sycamore	50 Feet	Buffer
Quercus accutissima	Sawtooth Oak	50 Feet	Buffer
Quercus alba	White Oak	60 Feet	Buffer
Quercus falcata	Southern Red Oak	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak	30 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Quercus phellos	Willow Oak	30 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Quercus prinus	Chestnut Oak	60 Feet	Buffer
Querous shumardi	Shumard Oak	50 Feet	Buffer
Querus coccinea	Scarlet Oak	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Sequoia sempervirens	Coast Redwood	50 Feet	Buffer
Taxodium disticum	Baldcypress	20 Feet	Buffer
Tsufa candensis	Canadian Hemlock	30 Feet	Buffer
Ulmus parvifolia	Lacebark Elm	40 Feet	Buffer, landscape strip, and parking
Xelkova serrara	Japanese Zelkova	50 Feet	Buffer

 

(Ord. No. 17-003 , § 1, 10-2-2017)