Landscape Plan Checklist 7.20.21
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Landscape Plan Checklist
A Landscape Plan shall be submitted for all Specific Use Permits, Zoning Compliance Plans,
Planned Developments, Specific Use Permits, or Building Permits (multi-family, commercial,
institutional, and industrial developments/redevelopments) in accordance with the Denton
Development Code Sections 7.7.5, 7.7.6, and 7.7.7, as amended.
All landscape plans shall be drawn and sealed by a registered landscape architect.
☐ **Labeling Your Submittals – Follow with All Documents Submitted
Project Number – [First/Second/Third] Submittal [Document Title]
o Examples:
ZCP21-0001 – First Submittal Landscape Plan
S21-0001 – First Submittal Landscape Plan Checklist
PD21-0001 – Second Submittal Landscape Plan
**Your submittal will be deemed incomplete if your files are not properly labeled.
Items Required on Landscape Plan:
☐ 2.1 Delineate and dimension the following:
☐ 2.1.1 Property boundary
☐ 2.1.2 Development Impact Area
☐ 2.1.3 Building footprints
☐ 2.1.4 Environmentally Sensitive Areas
☐ 2.1.5 Preserved habitat areas
☐ 2.1.6 Public and private easements
☐ 2.1.7 Buffer areas
☐ 2.1.8 Right-of-way screening areas
☐ 2.1.9 Parking lot landscaping areas
☐ 2.1.10 Low Impact Development (LID) areas. If proposed, a detail of the
design must accompany the Landscape Plan.
☐ 3.1 Location of all proposed plantings – label height where relevant to compliance
☐ 4.1 Location of all proposed trees
☐ 5.1 Dimension street tree location and spacing
☐ 6.1 Location, materials, and height of all fencing
☐ 8.1 Label all symbols, shading, and line types or provide a Legend
☐ 9.1 The following tables:
Overall Landscape Data Table
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Required Proposed
Lot size in square feet
Zoning District
Development Impact Area in square feet
Footprint of proposed buildings in square feet (if used to calculate
tree canopy)
Landscaped area (in square feet and percentage)
Tree Canopy at maturity in square feet and percentage (including
preserved tree canopy as approved by the Tree Preservation Plan)
**Identify tree canopy calculation method used -- DDC 7.7.5C.1.b
Number of Street Trees (Separate line for each adjacent ROW)
Landscaping Point Data Table
Section A. Right-of-Way Elements Points Provided
A landscaped berm with a maximum 3:1 side slope on both sides 5
One large canopy tree planted every 40 linear feet 5
Three small accent trees clustered every 30 linear feet when space does not permit
large canopy trees 5
A minimum three-foot high continuous hedge of evergreen shrubs 5
A minimum three-foot high continuous wall made of any combination of wrought
iron, masonry, or stone. If wrought iron is used, vines shall be planted every 10
feet on center on the wrought iron to create a more opaque wall.
5
Section B. Parking Lot Landscaping Elements
(Minimum 2) Points
Internal landscape islands with an area of at least nine feet by 18 feet containing
at least one large canopy tree placed evenly at an average of one for every ten
spaces (or portion thereof). For lots of ten spaces or less, at least one internal
landscape island is required but does not have to be centrally located within a
row of parking spaces,
5
End caps with an area of at least 9-feet by 18-feet containing at least one large
canopy tree. 5
A landscape median of at least 8-feet wide running the length of a parking row
and containing at least one large tree per 30 linear feet.
5
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Section C. Other Site Landscaping Elements Points
A minimum 10-foot wide area provided for the length of the building frontage
between the front of the building and the parking lot and containing a five-foot
wide landscaped area abutting the building wall. This area may be paved as a
walkway if pots or planters are provided along at least 75 percent of the
building frontage.
3
Each planted tree meets or exceeds four caliper inches at the time of planting. 5
At least 75 percent of plants proposed are drought-tolerant as indicated in the
approved landscape plant list or adaptive to Denton’s plan hardiness zone as
determined by the US Department of Agriculture.
5
Landscape area provided exceeds required minimum by an additional 10 percent
or more. 3
No more than 30 percent of landscaped areas are covered in turf grass. 3
Tree canopy exceeding minimum requirement by an additional 25 percent or more 3
A mixture of bioswales, grassed swales, bioretention facilities, and sand filter
(low-impact design techniques pursuant to 7.7.5C.3) as described in this section.
If designed as part of a parking lot island or median, points may be counted for
both elements.
7
Living walls/vertical gardens provided in a designated pedestrian area or as an
architectural feature of a principal building wall. Living walls must account for at
least 25 percent of the wall face.
5
Rooftop vegetation provided as part of an engineered green roof accounting
for at least 25 percent of the roof area.
5
Butterfly or pollinator gardens that include native milkweed and nectar plants that
are provided as part of a designated pedestrian amenity or plaza area and that
comprise at least five percent of the required overall landscape area. Butterfly and
pollinator gardens are encouraged due to Denton’s designation as a Monarch City.
5
Buffer Data Table
Required
Buffer Points Proposed Buffer Elements Proposed
Buffer Points
North Property Boundary
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East Property Boundary
South Property Boundary
West Property Boundary
Planting Data Table
Planting material Number Size at planting Expected Canopy
(Trees only)