§ 78-147. Landscaping and irrigation certification and recertification for residential, commercial and industrial properties.

(a)

All landscaping and irrigation must be installed according to certified plans approved by the city before a certificate of occupancy is issued. The landscaping and irrigation plan shall be signed and sealed by a landscape architect or the professional of record.

(b)

Every five years from the issuance date of a certificate of occupancy, a property owner or lessee must recertify its landscaping and irrigation plan. The city shall recertify a property owner's or lessee's landscaping and irrigation plan only if the trees, hedges, shrubbery, grass, ground cover and other plantings are viable, sustainable and properly maintained as represented on the landscaping and irrigation plan or site plan approved by the city at the time of issuing the certificate of occupancy. The city shall inspect the property and then notify the property owner or lessee to recertify the property on payment of an inspection fee according to a fee schedule established by administrative order of the city council and in compliance with this section.

(c)

If a property owner or lessee does not recertify its property as provided herein, the city may suspend or revoke all local business tax receipts issued to the property address of the property owner in addition to other remedies provided in the code. Recertification shall apply to landscaping and irrigation plans approved by the city after August 15, 2006.

(Ord. of 9-25-06; Ord. No. 2008-06, § 3, 9-16-09)