A. Improve the appearance of the community by requiring aesthetically pleasing landscaping on public and private sites;

B. Soften the appearance of urban development;

C. Ensure appropriately designed and maintained landscaping elements that allow natural surveillance;

D. Generate and preserve community identity to reinforce a sense of place that is unique to various neighborhoods and districts throughout the city;

E. Encourage the use of drought-tolerant, native or adapted plant species and demonstrate appropriate design and maintenance techniques and discourage the use of nonnative invasive plants which require more water and have a negative impact on the city’s natural environment; and

F. Provide environmental improvements, such as mitigating air and storm water pollution, providing shade, and reducing the effects of the urban heat island. [Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 404.01; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]