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8. Landscape and Fencing
Section 8.01. General
8.01.01. Purpose
Landscaping and fencing regulations are established as
part of this Code to encourage pleasant and attractive
surroundings and to contribute to the relief of heat, noise,
dust and glare through the proper placement of plants and
fences and to provide for the needs of security and privacy.
8.01.02. General Standards
Table 8.01, Landscape and Fencing Standards provides
a general list of landscape and fencing requirements
associated with this Code.
8.01.03. Irrigation and Maintenance
A. Required landscape areas shall be provided with a fixed
and permanent irrigation system for planted areas,
protected by adequate back flow prevention, designed
and installed in accordance with the following general
provisions:
1. Water conservation shall be accomplished in
manually operated (hose-bib) system by the
installation of flow limiting devices.
2. Applicable codes shall be used for the design and
installation of automatic control systems.
B. In all Zones, required landscaped areas shall be
permanently maintained including the proper pruning,
weeding and removal of litter, fertilizing and replacement
of plants when necessary.
C. To minimize problems created by blowing sand and dust
all ground planes in the exterior areas of parcels shall be
treated so that there is no bare ground. Pavement, stone
mulch or groundcovers are acceptable means of treating
the earth.
8.01.04. Safety
No landscaping shall be permitted that endangers health or
public safety by creating a traffic or fire hazard, obstructing
vision, or detracts from the use of surrounding property.
8.01.05. Landscape Plan Requirement
As part of any application for Concept Plan and Site Plan
approval, a Landscape Plan shall be submitted showing the
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proposed landscape development, irrigation system and
fences. The Landscape Plan may be combined with other
plans provided all proposed landscaping is adequately
detailed on the plan.
Section 8.02. Special Requirements by Zone
8.02.01. Town Center and Tower Zone
There are no special landscaping requirements in the Town
Center and Tower Zones other than roof garden requirements.
8.02.02. Neighborhood Retail Zone
A. Vegetation utilized to meet the Open Lot landscaping
requirement shall not be considered as all or part of the Each paseo shall be located in the Townhome Zone and
open space requirement.
B. Open space is intended to be largely urban in nature and
shall include 75 percent paved area. At least 50 percent
of the paved area shall be shaded by buildings, trellises
or shade trees.
8.02.03. Mid-Rise Apartment Zone
A. For each required Mid-Rise Apartment open space as
described in Section 5.13, the following shall apply:
1. Between 40 and 70 percent of the passive recreation
areas shall be covered with a mix of paving
materials including concrete, brick, block, stone,
or pavers and a minimum of 50 percent of the
paved area shall be shaded using a combination of
buildings, trellises, vines, and shade trees.
2. Each required open space shall have at least one
water feature that covers a minimum of 1 square
meter of area.
B. Front yard open areas shall include a minimum of one
shade tree for every 8 meters of open frontage.
8.02.04 Villa and Townhome Zones
Each lot in the Villa Zone shall have at least 3 trees in the
front yard area, at least one of which shall be a shade tree.
Each lot in the Townhome Zone shall have at least one shade
tree in the front yard.
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8.02.05 Village Centers within the Open Space Zone D. Each roof garden shall have at least one water feature
A required courtyard or plaza within the Open Space Zone for every 2,500 square meters of pavement. Each water
shall have a minimum of 75 percent paved area. At least feature shall be at least 1 square meter in area.
50 percent of the paved area shall be shaded by buildings,
trellises or shade trees. Section 8.04. Fencing
Section 8.03. Paseos and Roof Gardens 8.04.01. Required Fences
Fences shall be required as appropriate within each Zone as
In keeping with the Eight Principles guiding the design of indicated in Table 8.01, Landscape and Fencing Standards.
Jumeirah Village, paseos and roof gardens are hereby
incorporated into the community as a means of providing A. Each lot in the Villa Zone or Townhome Zone shall include
additional green space and recreational amenities. a perimeter fence along the boundaries of the lot.
8.03.01. Paseos B. Fences between properties in the Villa and Townhome
Zones shall consist of a single, shared fence along the
designed to provide both paved and landscaped areas in a property line.
small, private court.
C. Fences, including foundations, shall be placed entirely
A. Between 50 to 75 percent of the interior ground plane of inside the lot or parcel to which they belong except in the
a paseo shall be paved. The remaining area shall include instance of a single, shared fence along a property line.
a vegetative ground cover or stone mulch.
D. Fences shall be constructed of durable materials that
B. A minimum of 50 percent of the paved area shall be are compatible with buildings on the same lot in terms
covered in brick, stamped concrete, stone, unit pavers or of materials, finish, color and appearance. No fences of
other type of detailed, pedestrian scale paving material. wood, plastic, or chain link shall be allowed.
C. A minimum of 8 shade trees shall be planted and E. Fences shall be a uniform height of 2 meters, except as
maintained in a healthy growing condition in each paseo. described in Section 8.04.02.
D. Each Paseo shall have a minimum of one small scale 8.04.02. Fence Types
water feature. A fence may be classified as one of the following:
8.03.02. Roof gardens. A. Solid Fence. A solid fence shall be constructed of
Roof gardens shall be required or encouraged in accordance concrete block and stucco and have no openings larger
with Table 8.02, Roof Gardens, and shall consist of a mix of than 100 cm in diameter or width or 300 cm tall. Solid
paving, shade, water features, trees and shrubs as follows: fences may have a decorative cap of which no more than
50 percent of the top may be 100 cm or less above or
A. Roof gardens shall be between 50 and 85 percent paved. below the required uniform height.
B. A minimum of 50 percent of the paved area shall be B. Half Fence. A semi-solid fence shall have a solid lower
covered in brick, stamped concrete, stone, unit pavers or half constructed of concrete block and stucco, and upper
other type of detailed, pedestrian scale paving material. half that is of open design, in which a physical separation
At least 50 percent of the paved area shall be shaded shall be maintained between the two sides of the fence
with shade trees or vines on trellises. but the visual connection between the two sides shall
remain. Alternately, a full vertical open section may be
C. Unpaved areas shall be covered in plant material or used, as long as the open design areas constitute at least
stone mulch. 1/3 of the total length of the fence, and no solid section is
greater than 3 meters long.