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13 <br /> <br />g) Standards, installation, and Mmaintenance, and installation of plant and landscape materials. The <br />preparation, Iinstallation, and maintenance of all landscape materials shall comply with the following <br />standards unless otherwise stipulated in the City’s Landscape Special Provisions: <br />1. All landscape materials, installation and maintenance shall be installed to current comply with <br />industry the City’s Landscape Special Provisions and the Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />Standard Specifications Section 2571 and Standard Plan 5-297.301 Standard Planting Details A-C. <br />Special attention must be paid to initial soil preparation, drainage, and proper initial planting of <br />plant root mass. <br />2. A pre-installation conference between the City’s Landscape Architect, developer/builder, and <br />landscape contractor shall be required prior to the installation of any code required plantings or <br />seeding. Any landscaping material not required for erosion control installed without a pre- <br />installation conference will be rejected. <br />a. Prior to the conference, both developer and the developer’s contactor shall have reviewed <br />the pre-installation checklist included in the City’s Landscape Special Provisions to gain <br />familiarity with the requirements and identify areas needing clarification. <br />3. Irrigation or other water supply to support the specified plant materials adequateWatering of all <br />plant materials and ground cover in the approved development plan shall be provided at the time of <br />or immediately after, plant installation to support establishment and shall continue through the entire <br />warranty period. The watering requirements are set forth in the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation Specification Section 2571. <br />4. All required landscaping and screening features shall be kept free of refuse, and debris, and noxious <br />weeds. <br />5. All landscape landscaping, mulch depthbeds, plantings, and seeded, and sodded areas shall be <br />maintained to manage noxious weeds and ensure establishment of intended plant materials. <br />6. All landscape materials shall be guaranteed for two years. Any landscape material that dies, has a <br />dead or broken central leader, exhibits 30% or more crown death, is damaged by construction, or <br />becomes diseased before the end of the second year after acceptance shall be replaced by the <br />developer. <br />6. For nonresidential projects, continuing maintenance and replacement of landscape materials shall be <br />the responsibility of the property owner, including after two years of initial installation. <br />Improvements identified on the landscape plan, including non-plant materials, such as fencing, shall <br />be maintained for the life of the project for which the plan was required. <br />h) Topsoil Borrow Requirements. Earthwork and topsoil shall comply with the following standards: <br />1. The topsoil stock pilestockpile location and erosion controls shall be called out in the plan set when <br />building permit for new residential or commercial construction is submitted to the cCity. All areas <br />disturbed, outside of paved areas, shall be excavated to a depth of four (4) inches and tilled to a <br />depth of six (6) inches ro to remove compaction. The depth of the topsoil borrow shall be no less <br />than four (4) inches, not including sod depth. <br />2. Only topsoil borrow meeting MinnesotaN Department of TransportationOT Specification 3877 as <br />modified to contain no less than 6% organic matter, is to be placed as the final soil layer on a site to <br />provide the required depth of topsoil borrow cover an and to bring the entire site to grade. <br />3. Confirmation of topsoil depth and quality shall be submitted as written confirmation from a licensed <br />party before a full Ccertificate of Ooccupancy is issued. <br />i) Warranty <br />1. All landscape materials shall be guaranteed for a period of at least two years. <br />a. The warranty begins when all approved development plan landscaping meets all required <br />acceptance criteria, as determined by the City’s Landscape Architect, from the Lake Elmo <br />Code Section 105.12.480, the City’s Landscape Special Provisions and in the Minnesota <br />Department of Transportation Standard Specifications Section 2571 and Standard Plan 5- <br />297.301 Standard Planting Details A-C. <br />b. The warranty period ends when all approved development plan landscaping meets the <br />requirements, as determined by the City’s Landscape Architect, listed in Lake Elmo Code <br />Section 105.12.480(i)(1)(a). <br />c. Meeting the above requirements (i)(1)(a) and (i)(1)(b) may include replacements and <br />corrections to existing plant, tree, seed, sod, and landscaping installations, as well as new <br />installations of any landscaping material in the approved development plan not installed. <br />2. The developer is required to correct all non-compliant landscaping within 60 days of notification.