When are landscape plans needed, who prepares landscape plans, and what should be submitted?
• A landscape plan must be reviewed and approved prior to issuance of a land disturbance (grading) permit or a building permit; • Landscape plan review is automatically included in the review of a site or group development plan on larger scale projects. • The owner, a design professional, or a contractor usually prepares the plan. • A list of items to be included on a landscape plan can be found in the Site Plan/Group Development Checklist, Appendix E of Guidebook of Standards and Practices for Development. When other general site plans are being prepared, locations and names of plants may be put on the same drawings as long as all information is legible. What happens after the plan is reviewed? A copy of the approved landscape plan is filed for use at the final inspection. Upon completion of the construction, the final inspection will confirm that all new specified plantings have been installed, and that the natural vegetation shown to be preserved has not been lost. Also, final appro
