Street Yard
Technical Standards for Street Yard 
Minimum Length- length of property line facing a public street.
Minimum Width- shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet or 1/10 of lot depth for all building lots up to five hundred (500) feet in depth and subsequently, 1/8 of lot depth for all building sites deeper than five hundred (500) feet in depth.
Minimum Area- length times width of planting area. Area coverage may be adjusted to site conditions as long as square footage requirement is met with approval of landscape administrator.
Planting Area Character- level to sloping graded planting area with built up plant beds and grove planted trees.
Minimum Planting Area- per Class A tree shall be two hundred (200) square feet, Class B tree shall be one hundred (100) square feet, Class C tree shall be fifty (50) square feet. Large container shrubs and B&B shrubs shall have a planting area as required by the landscape architect. Seven (7) gallon shrubs shall have an area a minimum of sixteen (16) square feet, three (3) gallon shrubs shall have a minimum area of four (4) square feet, one (1) gallon shrubs or ground covers shall have a minimum areas of two and one half (2.5) feet, and four (4) inch container stock shall have an area of one (1) square foot to grow in.
Minimum Plant Bed Design- shall be composed of a raised planting bed a minimum of twelve (12) inches deep over a scarified sub base and composed of an amended planting mixture, mulched with a minimum of two (2) inches of aged pine bark mulch and top dressed with one (1) inch of pine bark straw to prevent washing.
Soil mix fertilizer amendment and chemical weed control composition shall be as the landscape architect may specify.
General Planting Standard- the street yard planting area shall contain a minimum of three (3) Class A, or six (6) Class B for every twelve hundred (1200) square feet of street yard planting area. Shrubs and ground cover must cover sixty (60) percent of the street yard planting area. Turf grass, decorative gravel or hardwood mulch shall cover the remainder.
Spacing- per Class A trees shall be forty (40) feet on center, Class B trees shall be spaced thirty (30) feet on center, Class C trees shall be spaced ten to fifteen (10 to 15) feet on center. Large container shrubs and B&B shrubs shall be planted as required by the landscape architect. Seven (7) gallon shrubs shall be spaced four to six (4-6) feet on center, three (3) gallon shrubs shall be spaced two to three (2-3) on center, one (1) gallon shrubs or ground covers shall be spaced eighteen to twenty-four (18-24) inches on center, and four (4) inch container stock shall be planted twelve (12) inches on center.
Planting Configuration- may be geometrically formal or informal as the landscape design plan shall so show and as the site may so suggest. With preserved street yards, the design should be informal and naturalized to allow preserved trees to be dominant in the design.
Minimum Plant Size- Class A shall be thirty (30) gallon, 3” caliper, 10-12’ tall, Class B trees shall be twenty-five (25) gallon, 2” caliper, 8-10’ tall, multi-trunk or standard. Class C trees shall be 4-6” tall at time of planting. B&B shrubs shall be thirty-six to forty-eight (48) inches tall upon planting, seven gallon shrubs shall be a minimum of thirty-six (36) inchestall at time of planting, three (3) gallon shrubs shall be a minimum of twenty-four (24) inches tallat time of planting and all one (1) gallon shrubs shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) inches tall at time of planting. All plants must conform to these standards or the general plant material size specifications of the American Nursery & Landscape Association which ever is greater.
Other-trees shall be staked with approved staking kit with ‘alligator bag’ attached first ninety (90) days. Tip pruning to shape after planting. All landscape beds shall be weed free and edged to prevent bed wash.
