Wheat Ridge 1996 WC Plan

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Project Name: Wheat Ridge Water District
• Title: Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 6/19/1996
• County: Jefferson
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

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ZONING AND DEVEl..OPMENT

count shall be accepted for the completion
of necessary landscaping, said financial
guarantee to be equal to one and one.fourth
(I,!,) times the cost of the la.ndscaping. A
cost estimate for landscaping not installed
at that time shall be presented to the plan.
ning division for approval. Letters of credit.
or escrows shall not be released until all
planting and finish materials shown on the
approved landscape plan are .installed and
accepted. The amoun t of the escrow or letter
of credit shall be determined by the depart.
ment of planning and development bllBed
on the landscaping plan submitted. Should
the required landscaping not be properly
installed upon the expiration of the letter
of credit or escrow account, the city reserves
the right to use such funds to have the reo
quired lnndscaping placed upon the subject
premises. Any costs incurred by the city in
excess of the funds provided by the letter of
credit or escrow shall be recovered by the
city through normll.llien proceedings.

(F) Maintenance:

(1) The developer, his successor and/or the proi>'
erty owner shall be responsible for regular
weeding, irrisating, fertilizing, pruning or
. other maintenance of all plantings as
needed in order to ensure the survival of
any required landscapinG. The city may reo
quire the removal and replacement of such
required l::>.ndscaping where dead, diseased
or damaged lnndscaping is found.

j~LMinor changes in th~Clved !andscafli_n.&'.
plan may be made with the approval of the
director ofplanninJ:( and development if the
total area of landscapinG is not reduced
below minimum standards and placement
is not substantially chansed.

IGl Acceptable Street Trees (depending on avail.
able space, tramc and/or pedestrian patterns, land.
scape objectives, or other considerations. other spe.
cies may be acceptable or highly desirable:

(1) Acer platannides-l\orway Maple.

(2) Acer platanoides schwedleri-Schwedler
Maple.

(3) . Aesculus glabra-Ohio Buckeye.

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(4) Aesculus octandra-Yellow Buckeye.
(5) Catalpa ouata-Chinese Catalpa.
(6) Catalpa speciosa- Western Catalpa.
(7) Celtis occidentalis-Common Hackberry.
(8) Crataegus mollis-Downy Hawthorn.
{S) Crataegus phaenopyrum-Washington
Hawthorn.
(10). Crataegus rivuJaris-River Hawthorn.
Ill) Fraxinus pennsylvanica-Green Ash. '
(12) Gleditsia triancanthos inerms-Honeylo.
cust.
(13) Gymnocladus dioicus-Kentucky coCTee tree.
(14) Juglians nigra-Black Walnut.
<151 Malus sp.-Flowering Crabapple.
(16) Prunus americana-American Plum.
(17) Prunus cerasiferia-Newport Plum.
(18) Quem\s borealis-Red Oak.
(19) Quercus macrocarpa-Bur Oak.
(20) Quercus robur-English Oak.
12l) Sorbus aucuparia-European Mountain
Ash.

(22) Tilia americana-American Linden.

(23) Tilia cordata-Little Leaf Linden.

(24) Tilia europaea-European Linden.

(25) Populus tremaloides-Quaking Aspen.

---(}II WaIvers an dltartances:-C-l!fm'atly, for
waivers nnd variances, see section 26.6(0). When.
ever a waiver or variance is required which would
be reviewed by the board of adjustment, planning
commission or city council, such request shall be
referred to the arborist board for their recemmen.
dations and suggestions, especially regard ing al.
ternatives to total waiver requi~ements (for. ex.
ample. substitutinG plunter boxes or hangi ns
baskets for normal ground bndscapingl.
(Ord. No. 1~89.792, 91,5.8.89; Ord. No. 1990.827,
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