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ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 300.27 PAGE 222 necessary to promote the safe and efficient flow of traffic shall not be subject to the "150 stall" standard and shall be required by the city when warranted. b) Parking lot landscape areas, including landscape islands, shall be reasonably distributed throughout the parking lot area so as to break up expanses of paved areas. Parking lot landscape areas shall be provided with deciduous shade trees, ornamental or evergreen trees, plus ground cover, mulch and/or shrubbery as determined appropriate by the planning commission. Parking lot landscape trees shall be provided at the rate of one tree for each 15 surface parking spaces provided, or major fraction thereof. Parking lot landscaping shall be contained in planting beds bordered by a raised concrete curb or equivalent approved by the planning commission. SUBDIVISION 17 . MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPING. The owner, tenant and their respective agents shall be jointly and severally responsible for the maintenance of all landscaping in a condition presenting a healthy, neat and orderly appearance and free from refuse and debris. Plants and ground cover which are required by an approved site or landscape plan and which have died shall be replaced within three months of notification by the city. However, the time for compliance may be extended up to nine months by the director of planning in order to allow for seasonal or weather conditions. SUBDIVISION 18. RETAINING WALLS. Retaining walls exceeding five feet in height, including staged walls which cumulatively exceed five feet in height, must be constructed in accordance with plans prepared by a registered engineer or landscape architect. SUBDIVISION 19 LANDSCAPING BOND REQUIRED. When screening, landscaping or other similar improvements to property are required by this ordinance a performance bond shall be supplied by the owner in an amount equal to at least one and one-half times the value of such screening, landscaping, or other improvements. The bond, with security satisfactory to the city, shall be conditioned upon reimbursement of all expenses incurred by the city for engineering, legal or other fees in connection with making or completing such improvements. The bond shall be provided prior to the issuance of any building permit and shall be valid for a period of time equal to one full growing season after the date of installation of the landscaping. The city may accept a letter of credit, cash escrow or equivalent in lieu of a bond in an amount and under such • 1