§ 19-42. Minimum size of trees, shrubs, etc., and substitution of cover for shrubs.

(a)

Unless otherwise specified herein, all required trees shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) gallons in size and at least fifty (50) percent of those trees must be twenty-four (24) inch box or larger size. All shrubs shall be a minimum of five (5) gallon in size. All fifteen-gallon trees must be a minimum of eight (8) feet in height, four (4) feet in spread and one and one-quarter-inches trunk caliper at the ground level. All twenty-four-inch box and larger trees shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in height, six (6) feet in spread and two-inch trunk caliper at the ground level. Upon approval of the director, the installation of twenty (20) square feet of vegetative groundcover in any landscaped area shall substitute for one (1) required shrub, up to a maximum of thirty (30) percent of the required shrubs in any particular landscaped area.

(b)

All Mexican Fan Palms (Washington Robusta), California Fan Palms (Washingtonia Filifera), and Queen Palms (Cocos Plumosa) shall have a minimum five-foot trunk height measured from the base of the trunk to the base of the fronds when located within the public right-of-way or within fifty (50) feet of the street property line.

(Code 1963, § 30-7(A), (B); Ord. No. 1295, § 1, 7-31-84)