78-04 - Landscaping Bonds ZOA pt 2ORDINANCE NO. 404-A3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 404
TO PROVIDE FOR APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF
THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND THE CITY PLANNER,
AND FOR SECURITY IN ADDITION TO PERFORMANCE BONDS FOR
LANDSCAPING, SCREENING, AND EROSION CONTROL WORK
THE CITY COUNCIL OF EDINA, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 10 of Ordinance No. 404 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 10. Appeals to Building Construction Appeals Board and the Board
of Appeals and Adjustments. Any person who deems himself aggrieved by any
order, requirement, permit decision,.refusal, or determination made by the
Building Official, any person referred to in paragraph (B) of Sec. 202 of
Chapter 2 of the DBC, the City Plumbing Inspector, the City Mechanical In-
spector, the Bureau of Fire Prevention, or the Public Health Sanitarian in
the application or administration of the ordinances of the City regulating
construction, alteration, moving or demolition of buildings, the construction,
installation, alteration or removal of plumbing, gas piping or equipment, water
softening or filtering equipment, or heating, ventilating, air conditioning or
refrigeration equipment, or the installation, alteration or removal of electrical
wiring or equipment, may appeal therefrom to the Building Construction Appeals
Board created by Ordinance No. 402, and any person who deems himself aggrieved
by any order, request, refusal, or determination made by the City Planner in the
application of this ordinance relating to the delivery of site plans, schedules,
and security for landscaping, screening, and erosion control work, or the approval
of such work, may appeal therefrom to the Board of Appeals and Adjustments
established by Ordinance No. 811, except that all actions under Sec. 203 of
Chapter 2 of the UBC shall be in accordance with Sections 3 through 11, inclusive,
of Ordinance No. 471."
Sec. 2. Section 13 of Ordinance No. 404 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 13. Site Plan, Planting Schedule and Security for Landscaping and
Other Work.
"(a) Site Plan and Planting Schedule. In every case where landscaping,
screening or erosion control measures are required by any ordinance of the City,
or as a condition to any approval granted by the City pursuant to any
ordinance of the City, for any building or structure, or for land -disturbing
activity as defined in Section 3 of Ordinance No. 817, other than the
construction of one single or two-family residence or structure whose use
is accessory thereto, to be constructed or conducted on any. property within
the City, the applicant for the required permit or approval shall file with
the City Planner, for review and approval pursuant to the applicable
ordinance, a site plan of the property drawn to a scale of not less than
100 feet to one inch, showing in detail the landscaping, screening and erosion
control work to be done on the site. Such site plan shall be prepared by a
registered architect, landscape architect, professional site planner, or other
person experienced in such work and acceptable to the City Planner. The
applicant shall also file with the City Planner a planting schedule that shall
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specify the Latin name, common name, caliper, and quantity of all vegetative
materials shown on the site plan, together with a time schedule for the construc-
tion and completion of all such landscaping, screening, and erosion control.
"(b) Security. The applicant shall also file with the City Planner sec-
urity in the form of a performance bond, letter of.credit, or cash deposit, as
determined by the City Planner, to ensure that the landscaping, screening, and
erosion control work is done pursuant to the site plan and within the time
schedule therefor, all as set out in (a) of this Sec. 13, and to ensure that
the vegetative materials used in any such landscaping, screening, and erosion
control work that die within two complete growing seasons as below set out in
this paragraph (b) are replaced. The security shall be in an amount to be
determined by the City Planner, but for at least one and one-half times the
amount estimated by the City Planner as the cost of completing the required
landscaping, screening, and erosion control measures and not to exceed twice
such amount. If a performance bond is used, it shall be with a corporate surety
authorized to do business in Minnesota and approved by the City Council. If a
Letter of Credit is used, it shall be from a national or Minnesota state bank
approved by the City Council, shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall
provide that funds up to the total amount of the Letter of Credit will be paid to
the City, from time to time, upon written demand of the City. If a cash deposit
is used, such cash shall be deposited with and held in escrow by a national or
Minnesota state bank having an office in the City, and a written agreement
signed by the applicant and the bank shall be delivered to the City Planner,
whereby the funds in escrow will be paid to the City from time to time, upon
written demand of the City. Where such landscaping, screening, or erosion
control measures do not include the use of vegetative materials, the security
therefor shall_ be in force until such landscaping, screening, or erosion control
measures have been completed and approved by the City Planner. Where such
landscaping, screening, or erosion control measures do include the use of
vegetative materials, the security therefore shall be in force for at least two
complete growing seasons subsequent to the completion and approval of such
landscaping, screening, or erosion control measures by the City Planner.
"(c) Plan, Schedule and Security To Be Filed. No building permit or
approval shall be issued until the site plan, planting schedule, and security
required under this Sec. 13 have been filed with the City Planner."
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its pass-
age and publication.
First Reading: February 2, 1976
Second Reading: February 23, 1976
Published in the Edina Sun on October 20, 1976.
(signed) JAMES VAN VALKENBURG
Mayor
ATTEST:
signed) FLORENCE B. HALLBERG
City Clerk