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Landscape
and Irrigation Plan Standards and Requirements:
General:
Landscape plans must reflect the site plan which has been approved
by the City Council.
All landscape areas shown on the site plan must be landscaped and irrigated.
All plans must be drawn to one of the following scales:
1" = 10', 1" = 20' 1" = 40', or 1 " = 50'.
Landscape plans shall consist of separate sheets of the following:
(1) landscape plant material plan,
(2) automatic irrigation plan, and
(3) landscape and irrigation notes and details.
A current California licensed landscape architect must prepare and
sign all landscape and irrigation plans which have in excess of 5,000
square feet of landscaping.
Landscape Plan:
Each landscape plan shall include a legend that lists the type of material
proposed, size of material, quantity of each material, and a symbol
that represents each material used on the plan.
All landscape areas shall be provided with trees, shrubs, ground cover
or lawn. The use of gravel, bark, redwood chips, concrete and/or other
non-plant material in landscape areas is prohibited. However, the use
of decorative boulders as accent materials will be permitted.
Street trees shall be provided along all street frontage. They shall
be located behind the required sidewalk. Street trees shall be 24"
box in size, planted 30 feet on center. The type of street tree required
varies with each street. Contact the City for type of street tree required.
All trees shall be provided with support stakes.
On-site landscape materials minimum sizes
are:
trees - 15 gallon
shrubs - 5 gallon
ground cover - 12" o.c. maximum spacing
All landscape areas shall be provided with lawn or ground cover. Lawn
may consist of hydroseeding or installation of turf. Ground cover may
be planted no greater than 12" o.c. A redwood header or concrete
mow strip shall separate any ground cover area from lawn areas.
Care should be taken in the selection of landscaping materials to ensure
compatibility with the City of Industry environment. Also, the materials
proposed on the plan should be materials which are readily available
from wholesale nurseries.
The following plant materials are not permitted:
(1) nerium oleander (oleander)
(2) ice plant
(3) ivy (hedera) - Hahn's ivy (small leaf) will be accepted
Irrigation Plans:
All landscape areas shall be provided with an automatic irrigation
system. The irrigation plan shall be drawn on a separate sheet to an
approved scale.
All irrigation plans shall include a legend that lists all irrigation
equipment, heads, lines, valves, etc. Each irrigation head type shall
be listed and provided with a symbol that represents that head type
on the plan. The legend shall also include the radius and gallons per
minute (G.P.M.) for each head type.
On the plan, each valve shall be numbered to correlate with the automatic
controller station that controls that valve. Valve size and G.P.M.
shall be provided for each valve.
The irrigation line sizes shall also be included on the plan.
All plans
shall be provided with either quick coupling valves or hose bibbs.
All irrigation heads shall be oriented to spray away from all buildings
or walls.
All calculations and schedules required by the State Water Efficient
Landscape Ordinance (AB-325) shall be provided. All provisions of this
ordinance shall be followed and applied.
Landscape and Irrigation Notes and Details:
All landscape plans shall include a sheet with planting and irrigation
details. These details must reflect the plans and provide a clear understanding
of the concept proposed.
All appropriate landscaping and irrigation notes shall also be included
on this sheet
Plan Submittal:
Three (3) sets of landscape and irrigation plans must be submitted
to the City for plan check purposes. Any resubmittal of landscaping
and irrigation plans also requires three (3) sets of plans.
Landscape plan check and permit fees will be determined after the submittal
of landscape plans. The applicant will be billed this cost.
A stamped set of landscape plans will be sent to the applicant upon
plan approval. No changes will be accepted on the approved landscape
plans unless a new set of revised plans is submitted and approved by
the City. This will involve the payment of additional plan check fees.
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