REYNOLDSBURG ZONING CODE v. Protect public health, safety and welfare by minimizing the impact of all forms of physical and visual pollution, controlling soil erosion, screening unsightly areas, preserving the integrity of neighborhoods and enhancing pedestrian and vehicular traffic and safety. B. Application. The Planning and Zoning Administrator may require a landscape plan and/or tree survey to be submitted in conjunction with any application for a zoning certificate, a variance, a conditional use permit, a similar use determination, a subdivision plat, or a site plan and design review approval. Such landscape plan and/or tree survey shall include the following: i. The present location, size, and description of all existing major trees, with a designation of existing major trees sought to be removed. ii. The location, size and description of landscaping materials proposed to be placed on the lot in order to comply with this section. iii. The location and size of any structures presently on the lot, and those proposed to be placed on the lot. iv. The proposed location and description of screening to be placed on the lot in order to comply with this section. C. General Landscape Provisions. i. When required by the Planning and Zoning Administrator, a landscape plan shall be approved in accordance with this chapter prior to granting a zoning certificate, a variance, a conditional use permit, a similar use determination, a subdivision plat, or a site plan and design review. A zoning certificate is not required for the addition of pervious surface including grass, mulched groundcover, other planted areas, and/or permeable or pervious pavers or paving that facilitates the infiltration of water into the soil. ii. No landscaped area shall be used for display and/or storage purposes. iii. The species, location and spacing of trees and shrubs planted in all public rights-of-way and on all sites shall be subject to approval by the Planning and Zoning Administrator. iv. No Certificate of Occupancy shall be granted until all conditions herein have been met; however, in the event landscaping cannot be completed due to weather conditions, or peculiar conditions related to the development of the subject property such as conditions related to phased development, the applicant shall provide financial security, in a form acceptable to the City, in the amount of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the cost of materials and installation of all remaining landscaping to be completed and an estimate of such costs in order to be eligible for a Certificate of Occupancy. v. When phasing development upon a property, a proportionate share of landscaping acceptable to the City shall be installed and maintained with each phase based on the size of the proposed phase and shall be considered completed for the purposes of these regulations when such proportionate share of landscaping has been installed, unless special circumstances warrant the installation of a greater amount of landscaping with any phase. vi. The developer and/or property owner shall be responsible for the installation and maintenance of all landscaping, buffering, perimeter treatment and screening improvements in a healthy condition. This provision shall also apply to single-family and two-family dwellings. 143
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