Zoning Dictionary

Category: Landscaping/Planting

Orchard

The establishment, care, and harvesting of more than ten (10) fruit or nut bearing trees. The products of an orchard may or may not be for commercial purposes.  An orchard as a principal use is considered an urban farm.

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Path

A cleared way for pedestrians and/or bicycles that may or may not be paved or otherwise improved.

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Permeable Surface

A surface that allows water to infiltrate the underlying soils. Permeable Surfaces shall include, but not be limited to, vegetative planting beds, porous asphalt, porous concrete, single-sized aggregate, open-jointed blocks, stone, pavers, or brick that are loose-set and without mortar.

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Planter Box

A structure with vertical walls and an open or closed bottom, which may be attached to a building or structure, that is planted with a soil medium and vegetation intended to collect, absorb, and treat runoff from impervious surfaces.

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Planting Strip Width

The least horizontal dimension of a planting strip measured perpendicularly to the lot line abutting such planting strip.

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Rain Garden

A planted depression that allows stormwater runoff to be absorbed into the ground.  

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Rainbarrel

A structure designed and installed to collect roof runoff in containers typically ranging from 50 to 100 gallons in size, with subsequent release to landscaped areas.

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Remnant Native Vegetation

The structural and/or floristic characteristics of the vegetation as it would have been prior to European settlement.

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Replacement Planting

The planting of trees on a site that before development had more than the minimum standard of trees, and after development has less than the minimum standard of trees per acre of pervious surface.

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Shade Tree

A deciduous tree planted primarily for its high crown of foliage or overhead canopy. A large shade tree is over forty (40) feet in height. Medium shade trees are between twenty-five (25) and forty (40) feet in height. Small shade trees reach up to twenty-five (25) feet in height.

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