15.20.050 Landscape Plan.
(1) A landscape plan shall be required whenever landscaping or alteration of existing landscaping is required by this Title or Title 14, Provo City Code, and shall be submitted with the initial application for approval. Such landscape plan shall conform to the requirements specified in this Chapter. Landscape and irrigation plans shall be prepared by a landscape architect licensed in the State of Utah and be approved by the Planning Commission or its designee prior to the issuance of a building permit. If a building permit is not required, landscape plans shall be approved as part of a project plan. The construction of detached single-family residences shall be exempt from this landscape plan requirement, except as set forth in Chapters 14.31 (Performance Development Overlay Zone) and 15.04 (Subdivision Requirements), Provo City Code, and Section 15.20.080(2), Provo City Code. In the case of existing single-family residences, the Development Services Department office may require a landscape plan from the property owner and/or contractor to determine compliance with this Chapter.
(2) All landscape plans submitted for approval shall be drawn to a standard engineer’s or architect’s scale on an eleven (11) inch by seventeen (17) inch sheet and submitted electronically, and shall include the following components:
(a) Landscape plan showing the following information:
(i) Location and dimensions of all existing and proposed structures, property lines, easements, parking lots and drives, roadways and rights-of-way, sidewalks, bicycle paths, ground signs, refuse disposal and recycling areas, bicycle parking areas, fences, freestanding electrical equipment, tot lots and other recreational facilities, and other freestanding structural features;
(ii) Location, quantity, size, and botanical and common names of all proposed plants;
(iii) Location, size and common names of all existing plants including trees and other plants in the parkway;
(iv) Indication of plants to be retained or removed and how they will be protected during construction;
(v) Location of existing buildings, structures and plants on adjacent property within twenty (20) feet of the site;
(vi) Existing and proposed grading of the site using two (2) foot contour intervals;
(vii) Proposed berming using one (1) foot contour intervals;
(viii) Elevations and cross-sections of all proposed fences and retaining walls;
(ix) Elevations and cross-sections of other landscape features; and
(x) Summary data indicating the total area of property and percentage of the site devoted to landscape area.
(b) Irrigation System Plan. The landscape plan and the irrigation plan shall be provided on separate sheets.