§ 8178-8.4.1.3. Shrubs.

Shrubs are used within a landscape area to provide foliage, texture, and color to landscape themes. Shrubs provide variety of height and mass within a landscape area, bring buildings into human scale, provide privacy for outdoor areas, and screen undesirable views.

Shrubs should be included in a landscape area and shall comply with the following:

a.

One- to 15-gallon size shrubs shall be planted and spaced in accordance with their size at maturity but no less than one (1) shrub for every five (5) linear feet of landscape planter or fraction thereof.

b.

Hedges and shrubbery over three (3) feet in height are prohibited within parking lot islands and clear site triangles.

(Ord. No. 4492, § 6, 6-21-2016)