REYNOLDSBURG ZONING CODE approved street tree list. v. Trees shall be located so that a twenty-foot (20’) sight triangle is maintained at street intersections. vi. A small tree shall be used when planting under or within ten (10) lateral feet of overhead utility wires. A small or medium tree shall be used when planting within ten to twenty (10-20) lateral feet of overhead utility wires. vii. At the time of platting, the developer shall develop a street tree plan that establishes the species and size of trees to be planted along the streets of the proposed subdivision. viii. The developers shall be required to maintain all trees for a period of one (1) year after any installation and replace any tree which fails to survive or does not exhibit normal growth characteristics of health and vigor within such one (1) year period. Upon completion of a street tree planting, the landscape contractor shall contact the Department of Development for a preliminary inspection. The one-year guarantee period shall begin after the approval of the Department of Development. A final inspection shall be made at the end of the guarantee period. All trees not exhibiting a healthy, vigorous growing condition, as determined by the city’s inspection, shall be promptly replaced at the expense of the developer. Upon replacement, the one-year guarantee period shall recommence for those materials having been replaced. ix. All street trees along any one street shall be of the same species and variety to promote a continuous landscape treatment. A change in variety will only be permitted at intersections and other logical beginning and ending points. x. The minimum trunk caliper measured one foot (1’) above the ground for all street trees shall be no less than two inches (2”). H. Interior Lot Landscaping. i. For all new construction or land development for which a building permit and/or a zoning certificate is required, trees shall be provided for within the structure-related property lot lines, equal to or in excess of the following total tree trunk diameters (as measured one foot (1’) from the ground level) for the specified building ground coverage square footage or land area square footage, by building and/or land use type, as follows: 1. All residences and residential land uses, per dwelling unit, there must be planted one-half inch (1/2”) in trunk diameter for everyone 3,000 square feet of lot size or fraction thereof, with a minimum of two inches (2”) of total trunk diameter. 2. All commercial structures, including commercial-related parking, loading and trash storage areas, and all industrial, warehouse, and storage uses and their associated parking, loading, and trash storage areas: (a) Up to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet: one inch (1”) trunk diameter for every two thousand (2,000) square feet or fraction thereof with a minimum of two inches (2”) of total trunk diameter. (b) Twenty thousand and one to fifty thousand (20,001 - 50,000) square feet: a total trunk diameter of ten inches (10”), plus one-half inch (1/2”) of trunk diameter for every two thousand (2,000) square feet over twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or fraction thereof. 147
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