Chapters 1 to 11 Combined - Century City

LANDSCAPE SPECIFICATIONSTrees Staking Detailo All trees must be double staked witha cross brace to stabilise the stakes.o Additionally, trees located in hardlandscaping areas must also beprotected with a Tree Guard.o All staff parking to be located atthe side and rear of the building,unless the property has waterfrontage. Visitors bays may beprovided at the front of thebuilding.o Parking to be provided to theside of the building with waterfrontage.o Innovative shade structures tobe compatible with thearchitecture and park furniturein material and colour.LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENTPLANPlan RequirementsA ‘Landscape Development Plan’(LDP) as part of the SiteDevelopment Plan (SDP) process isrequired for each development. Aregistered Landscape Architectshould prepare the LDP and mustshow the following:o The plan is required to be at ascale of 1:100 or 1:200 withstandard plan notations such asa north arrow, name of client,name of project, date, andcadastral information.o All Private Open Space.o All earth-shaping, levels andretaining structures.o All planting areas.o All planting material must be notedon the plan, the species; thenumber of plants, the plant spacingand size of planting material.o All hard landscaping area.Details of hard landscaping mustinclude all paving, benches, bins,signage, waterfeatures, pumps,fencing/walls and other artefactsetc.o A comprehensive irrigation layout.o All services that may crisscross theprivate open space.o Utility areas and their screeningmust be shown.Restrictionso It is not permitted for aDeveloper to remove or damageexisting trees, soft landscaping orhard landscaping on private orpublic open space.o No Kikuyu grass (Pennisetumclandestinum) may beestablished in the private openspace, to prevent the invasion ofthe wetland.o No invasive alien plants, trees,shrubs, groundcovers andgrasses as declared in legislationare permitted to be establishedin the landscape areas.o No temporary structures arepermitted within the landscapeareas.Plant sizeso All bag sizes refers to theNurseryman Associations of SouthAfrica Standardised Specifications.o All trees and palms must be 50kg orlarger.o Shrubs and groundcovers can rangevarious size e.g. plantlets, 4kg, 10kgetc.Proposed PlantlistA list of approved plants has beencompiled in a list that is obtainable fromthe Century City Property OwnersAssociation. The latest list is datedAugust 2005.PLANNING PARTNERS: CENTURY CITY URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK October 2005 49 REVISION 1