Article 7 — Landscape Guidelines (Private Lots)

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A. Front Yard Landscapes. Plantings in yard areas fronting on streets shall be appropriate to the scale, orientation and purpose of the yard. All trees for front yards shall be a minimum of 24-inch box. Appropriate plant materials and designs for speciYc frontage yard types are as follows:

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1. Single Dwelling Front Yards. Front yards shall be planted and maintained from the back of sidewalk to a facade or garden wall. Front yards shall have at least one tree (where space permits). At facades, low shrubs and/or ground cover shall be planted against the facade. At garden walls, low shrubs and wall vines or tall shrubs alone shall be planted against the wall. Lawn is discouraged (but not prohibited) except in high activity zones. Lawn can be used in front yard applications, but shall be limited to no more than 60 percent of the entire front yard area. Side yards on corners are considered front yards and subject to the same requirements as identiYed in this article.

2. Quadplex Front Yards. Lawn, ground cover and low shrubs shall compose the front yard landscape. Shrubs shall be massed or conYgured as informal or formal (maintained) hedges. Trees shall be used where space permits. Tree shapes, sizes and types shall be planted as deYners of the edge of the private space, and at all times should be in proportion to the height and mass of the building facade. Hardscape may be used adjacent to entrances and in seating areas.

B. Other Yards. Rear yards may have one or two trees planted per suggested list. Fruiting trees are especially recommended. Side yards need not be landscaped, except as required to the extent that they a]ect the quality of the public space. If visible from the public realm, i.e., the sidewalk or street, rear and side yards shall be landscaped and maintained.

• C. Acceptable Plant Materials.

  1. Plants for the private realm should be selected on the basis of aridity and drought tolerance. Select species that have a Moderate, Low or Very Low water use rating as designated by the Water Use ClassiYcation of Landscape Species (WUCOLS) list for Southern California Coastal environments. A partial list of species is suggested here:

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2. Trees and Palms. Brahea armata/Mexican Blue Palm.

Cedrus deodora/Incense Cedar.

Cassia leptophylla/Gold Medallion Tree.

Cercis occidentalis/Western Redbud.

Chitalpa tashkentensis/Chitalpa.

Gingko biloba/Maiden Hair Tree.

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Hymenosporum Zavum/Sweetshade.

Jacaranda mimosifolia/Jacaranda.

Melaleuca linariifolia/Flaxleaf Paperbark.

Olea europaea/Fruitless Olive.

Pistacia chinensis/Chinese Pistache.

Pyrus calleryana “Aristocrat”/Aristocrat Pear.

Quercus virginiana/Southern Live Oak.

Quercus douglesii/Douglas Blue Oak.

Tabebuia chrysotricha/Golden Trumpet Tree.

Umbellularia californica/California Bay.

Washingtonia robust/Mexican Fan Palm.

3. Tall Shrubs. Heteromelies arbutifolia/Toyon.

Escallonia fradesii/Escallonia.

Laurus nobilis/Sweet Bay.

Lavatera assurgentifolia/Tree Mallow.

Osmanthus fragrans/Sweet Olive.

Pittosporum crassifolium/Karo.

Pittosporum undulatum/Victoria Box.

Photinia fraseri/Photinia.

Rhus ovata/Sugarbush.

Rhus integrifolia/Lemonade Berry.

Romneya coulteri/Matilija Poppy.

4. Low Shrubs and Groundcovers. Cistus salvifolius/Rockrose.

Cotoniaster parneyii/Cotoneaster.

Carpenteria californica/NCN.

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Erigeron karvinskianus/Santa Barbara Daisy.

Euryops pectinatus/Golden Shrub Daisy.

Felicia amelliodes/Blue Marguerite.

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Heuchera sanguinea/Coral Bells.

KniphoYa uvaria/Red Hot Poker.

Lavandula spp./Lavender.

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Pittosporum crassifolium “Nana”/Dwarf Karo.

5. Grasses. Juncus patens/California Grey Rush.

Heliototrichon sempervirens/Blue Oat Grass.

Miscanthus sinensis/Maiden Grass.

Muhlenbergia rigens/Deer Grass.

Nasella tenuissima/Mexican Feather Grass.

Stipa gigantea/Giant Needle Grass.

6. Vines. Beaumontia grandiZora/Easter Lily Vine.

Bougainvillea spp./Bougainvillea.

Clematis armandii/Evergreen Clematis.

Clematis jackmanii “Gypsy Queen”/Clematis.

Clytostoma callistegiodes/Lavender Trumpet Vine.

Ficus minima/Creeping Fig.

Pandorea jasminoides/Bower Vine.

Parthenocissus tricuspidata/Boston Ivy.

Solanum jasminoides/Potato Vine.

7. Hedge Shrubs (Pruned Shrubs That Will Make a Solid Hedgerow). Buxus japonica/Japanese Boxwood.

Myrsine africana/African Boxwood.

Photinia fraseri/Red Photinia.

Pittosporum undulatum/Victorian Box.

Raphiolepis indica/India Hawthorn. (Formerly 24H.210.1)

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