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Landscape Design Guidelines City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines January, 2002 City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines CITY COUNCIL Bob Huber, Mayor Steven T. Sojka, Mayor Pro Tem Glen T. Becerra, Council Member Mike Judge, Council Member Keith Mashburn, Council Member PLANNING COMMISSION Scott Santino, Chairperson Mary Bibb, Vice Chairperson Mike McGuigan, Commissioner Ken Rice, Commissioner Tim Hodge, Commissioner CITY MANAGER Eric J. Levitt Approved October 15, 2001 Revised June 15, 2015 City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines Table of Contents Overview. pg 1 Purpose .....................................................................................pg 1 Planting Design Goals . pg 2 A. Water Conservation Practices .....................................................................pg 2 B. Plant Material. pg 2 C. Planting Arrangement . pg 2 D. In Fill Landscaping .............................................................................pg 3 E. Entryway Landscaping. pg 3 F. Oak Tree and Other Significant Plant Protection Requirements ...........................................pg 3 Tree Planting Requirements . pg 4 Tree Planting Guide ..................................................................................pg 5 Shrub, Vine and Ground Cover Planting Reference Guide. pg 6 Landscape Requirements for Residential Areas A. Single Family . pg 8 B. Multi-Family .........................................................................pg 10 C. Model Homes .........................................................................pg 11 City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines Landscape Requirements for Commercial/Industrial Areas A. Site Landscaping Minimum . pg 12 B. Service Station Standards . pg 13 C. Self-Storage Standards .................................................................pg 13 Landscaping for Required Site Improvements A. Enriched Parkway . pg 13 B. Public Rights-of-Way ..................................................................pg 14 1. Parkway Trees ..................................................................pg 14 2. Median Plantings ...............................................................pg 14 C. Landscape Buffering Requirements ........................................................pg 14 1. Landscaping Parking Lot Areas ....................................................pg 15 2. Screening of Storage Areas and Utility Equipment .....................................pg 16 D. Foundation Plantings . pg 17 E. Manufactured Slope Landscaping. pg 17 Landscape Maintenance Requirements ........................................................pg 18 Landscape Plan Requirements ................................................................pg 18 A. Concept Plan Submittal Requirements. pg 18 B. Final Plan Submittal Requirements .......................................................pg 19 Glossary ...................................................................................pg 20 Appendices. pg 21 1 City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines Typical Specimen Trees Overview Typical Cut Slope Restored These standards and guidelines shall be used when with Landscaping Barrier Wall preparing landscape plans in association with all new residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and planned development projects including modifications to existing landscapes. Each landscape plan shall be consistent with the City of Simi Valley General Plan, the Simi Valley Municipal Common Area Private Code (SVMC), and the City of Simi Valley Citywide Design Landscaping Public Rights-of-Way Residential Guidelines and the goals of the City of Simi Valley VISION Yard 2020 report. The Department of Environmental Services will review Typical Example of Entryway Landscaping the landscape plans for compliance with City codes and departmental policies and assist the Applicant in processing the plans for Administrative, Planning Commission and Purpose City Council review. The purpose of this manual is to establish minimum To aid in the interpretation of these guidelines the Applicant landscape design standards without dictating specific will encounter directives such as “should,” “encouraged” planting styles, planting themes or planting arrangements. and “discouraged.” The word “should” is intended to The manual encourages low water use landscaping. To express the City’s preferred expectations. Guidelines using ensure continual and long term project results, the applicant the words “encouraged” or “discouraged” are meant to should give consideration to the following design principles: express a more or less desirable design solution. A. Water conservation best practices; From time to time, sections of the SVMC are cited to alert B. Plant material type, size, and diversification; the reader to specific landscape code requirements. Never- C. Planting arrangement; the-less, the reader remains responsible to be fully aware D. In fill landscapes; of all City codes, policies and guidelines which pertain to E. Entryway landscapes; and landscaping, whether specifically discussed or mentioned. F. Oak tree and other significant plant protection requirements. A more detailed analysis of each design principle follows. 2 City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines Planting Design Goals B. Plant Materials Landscaping should provide aesthetic enhancement of a project site, screen objectionable objects from public view Plant materials should reflect the approved architectural and replace scarred hillsides of missing vegetation impacted theme of a project while giving careful attention to the by grading activity. Landscaping is meant to accent and “blending” or transitioning of the proposed landscape with enhance buildings, and is not to be used as a screen for the surrounding landscape. uninspired building architecture. A successful landscape The proposed landscape plantings should include a diverse project will consider the appropriate use of plant materials, combination of plant types and plant sizes including proper plant spacing and long term maintenance needs for combinations of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, each plant type as noted herein. Landscapes that exemplify vines and ground covers. All proposed plantings shall be “Water-wise” design concepts are encouraged. climactically appropriate for use in this locale, tolerant A. Water Conservation Practices to grow in a variety of soil types and able to survive in temperatures ranging from a low of 10˚ to 28˚ F to highs of All landscape designs shall at a minimum comply with 85˚ to 100˚ F with limited watering needs once established. SVMC 8-22.03 Division 4.304, or any City ordinance adopted Landscape materials that are considered invasive to the to comply with the most recent California State Model Water area as determined by the California Invasive Plant Council Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), whichever is (www.cal-ipc.org) are discouraged. See the Appendix of this more restrictive. Water conservation techniques to consider manual for suggested resources for plant selection. should include: 1) limiting the use of high and moderate water use plantings, 2) designing irrigation systems to Artificial turf that meets City standards for materials, prevent overwatering, 3) providing rain shut off devices, 4) installation, and maintenance may be used in up to 100 matching precipitation rates of all irrigation heads, and 5) percent of the front yard landscape on a single -family using seasonal watering schedules to reflect seasonal changes property, and up to 50 percent of the total landscape area and conservation requirements of SVMC 6-11 et.seq. Trees on multi-family, commercial, and industrial properties. should be individually irrigated and zoned separately. The Under special conditions, artificial turf installation may be use of sub-surface drip irrigation lines within public-rights- permitted in parkways and over utility easements. of-way is not allowed. C. Planting Arrangement The City of Simi Valley’s Water Conservation web page Plants need room to develop canopy and rooting structure. (www.simivalley.org/WaterConservation) provides detailed For best results, plants should be spaced to ensure that no and current information on best practices and regulations to more than 1/3 of the plant’s mature canopy (spread) will conserve water resources in outdoor landscapes. overlap into another plant’s canopy. Give careful consider- ation to the following plant spacing issues when preparing the preliminary landscape plan: 3 City of Simi Valley Landscape Design Guidelines • The spatial arrangements (linear rows, grouping or E. Entryway Landscaping massing) and spacing of plants; • The surrounding surface treatment and surface opening Entryway landscaping is encouraged and should include at the base of the plant; design elements which are common to the proposed • The proximity of the plant(s) to surrounding architecture development. Design elements may include, but not and/or existing landscape areas; and be limited to: entry wall monuments, raised planters, • The plant’s growth rate and coverage requirements. rock outcrops, specimen trees (60” box size minimum or larger), and upsized shrub plantings. Water features such Plantings should be grouped into “hydrozones” (plants as fountains or reflecting ponds which use recycled or having similar water use and microclimate growing recirculating water, and have no more than 25 square feet requirements). High water use plants such as turf grass and cumulative
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