N.J. Admin. Code § 19:4-8.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 19:4-8.9 - Landscaping

(a) A landscape plan shall be submitted with all applications for new construction, additions and site improvements, or as otherwise required by these regulations, in accordance with 19:4-4.4.

(b) The landscape plan shall include the following:

1. Proposed plantings, hardscape areas, stormwater management areas, and items requiring screening;

2. Existing trees with a six-inch caliper or greater;

3. All trees to be preserved or relocated;

4. A plant schedule indicating botanical and common names, quantity, size at time of planting (including plant height and caliper, where applicable), size at time of maturity, and spacing of all proposed plantings; and

5. Construction details and notes for plantings.

(c) Plant standards for landscaping are as follows:

1. All proposed plantings shall conform to the American Standard for Nursery Stock, (ANSI Z60.1-2004), published May 12, 2004 by the American Nursery and Landscape Association, 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. Plantings shall also conform to hardiness zone 6 standards of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Plant Hardiness Zone Map, as developed by the USDA, Miscellaneous Publication No. 1475, issued January 1990, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. The map is available through the USDA and other cooperative extensions. A web-based interactive Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2001 US National Arboretum "Web Version" of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map) can be found in the United States National Arboretum website at http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html.

2. All shade trees shall be a minimum of two and one-half to three inches in caliper and 12 feet in height at the time of planting.

3. All evergreen and ornamental trees shall not be less than six feet in height at the time of planting.

4. All upright shrubs shall not be less than 24 to 30 inches in height at the time of planting; all spreading shrubs shall not be less than 24 to 30 inches in spread at the time of planting.

(d) Design requirements for landscaping are as follows:

1. Plants located within the line of sight triangles in accordance with 19:4-8.5 shall not exceed a height of 30 inches at maturity.

2. Shade trees shall be provided in the required front yard adjacent to public streets. At least one shade tree for each 40 linear feet of frontage shall be provided.

3. A minimum of one shade tree shall be provided for every 10 parking spaces or 3,000 square feet of vehicular use area, whichever is greater, which shall be distributed evenly within the vehicular use area.

4. A five-foot-wide landscape strip with shade trees to be planted on 25 to 40 foot centers shall be provided along all side and rear property lines, unless otherwise determined to be infeasible by the NJMC.

5. A minimum of 40 percent of all new trees and shrubs shall be native to the State of New Jersey. The planting of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and all of its varieties is prohibited in the District. A list of suggested and discouraged plants is available from the NJMC.

6. Screening requirements are as follows:

i. All parking areas containing six or more parking spaces shall be effectively screened from public or private ROWs by a fence, wall, landscaped berm, or densely planted evergreens sufficient to reduce headlight glare. Deciduous shrubs may be used for screening in conjunction with a berm not less than two and one-half feet in height.

ii. All parking areas shall be screened from adjacent residential uses by a solid and continuous fence, wall, landscaped berm or densely planted evergreens capable of maturing to a minimum of six feet in height.

iii. All loading and trailer parking areas shall be effectively screened with a solid and continuous fence in accordance with 19:4-8.1 0, supplemented by evergreens capable of maturing to a height and width sufficient to screen such areas and vehicles from public ROWs and adjacent residential uses.

iv. All site service improvements and utility improvements, such as transformer compounds and external heating and cooling equipment; refuse and recycling areas; and outdoor storage, display or work areas, where permitted, shall be enclosed by a solid and continuous fence, wall, or evergreen plant material sufficient to screen such activity from adjacent properties and public ROWs.

(e) All landscaping shall be completed before occupancy certification is issued by the NJMC. Delay in performance may be permitted by the posting of sufficient security in a form acceptable to the NJMC to ensure completion of this requirement.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:4-8.9

Administrative change.
See: 36 N.J.R. 1955(a).
Amended by R.2009 d.40, effective 1/20/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 4696(a), 41 N.J.R. 624(b).
In (b)4, substituted "(including plant height and caliper, where applicable), size at time of" for "and"; and in (c)1, substituted the first occurrence of "2004" for the first occurrence of "1996" and "May 12, 2004" for "November 6, 1996" and inserted a comma following "20005".