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<br />TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY
<br />Vol. 23 No. 2
<br />6401 EAST LINCOLN DRIVE
<br />PARADISE VALLEY, ARIZONA 85253
<br />October 1992
<br />Keeping Our Valley a Paradise
<br />Fall landscaping
<br />pays beautiful
<br />dividends
<br />year round.
<br />As Fall settles upon Paradise Valley,
<br />it is again bearable to get out into the
<br />yard and tackle those la ndscaping
<br />projects you've planned a ll s ummer.
<br />With a little work, and a littl e
<br />imagi na tion, you can make your home
<br />a beautiful d esert s howcase.
<br />With over 500 species o f native
<br />Sonoran Desert plants available for
<br />planting in your ho me la nd scapes,
<br />n ow is a good tim e to learn about
<br />these beautiful wildfl owers, trees and
<br />s hrubs . This issue of the Town
<br />Reporter includes he lpful information
<br />on enh a ncing your property a nd
<br />r eports on h ow the Council is
<br />protecting the unique beauty of ·
<br />o ur Town . ·
<br />Inside:
<br />• Useful plant c are information
<br />and tip s
<br />• A word from Mayor Hann on
<br />how your Town Council is
<br />keeping Paradi se Vall ey
<br />looking great
<br />• A fre e admission c oupon for your
<br />family to visit the annual Fall
<br />Landscape Plant Sale at the
<br />Dese rt Botanical Garden on
<br />Sunday, October 25th
<br />Council approves
<br />PRIDE guidelines.
<br />At the regular meeting of the Paradise
<br />Valley Town Council on September 10,
<br />1992, the Guidelines presented by
<br />Pa radise Valley Residents Improving th eir
<br />Desert Environment (PRIDE) committee
<br />were approved.
<br />The PRIDE Committee was establi shed
<br />by Mayor Hann and t he Town Council to
<br />provid e ongoing guidelines for land-
<br />scaping within the Town . The Committee
<br />has focused on the use of native and a rid -
<br />land plants fo r landscaping in order to
<br />pre.serve the natural desert environment
<br />in public areas.
<br />The committee, whic h was appointed in
<br />May 1992, immediate ly began consult ing
<br />wi th landowners, landscape a rchitects
<br />and developers to help them answer
<br />lan dscaping a nd property improvement
<br />questions. Existing homeowners in each
<br />area of the Town are often a part of
<br />the process.
<br />In addition to PRIDE committee chair
<br />Helen Harold, other members are
<br />Marlyne Jones, Ken Allison, Bernie Barry,
<br />Jane Cole, Dick Nosky, Gerald Thomas ,
<br />Nina Lash, Jim Kramer, Ernie Cofrances
<br />and Frank Peddy. Neighborhood rep·
<br />resentatives responsible for recom-
<br />mendations concerning the plant palette
<br />are Charlene S iler and Kate Ellison
<br />(South/East), Jeanne DeAngelis (CentraV
<br />East), Jane Cole (CentraVWest), Carol
<br />Scha tt (North) and Nancy Swanson
<br />(South/West). Council representatives to
<br />th e PRIDE committee are Vice Mayor
<br />J oan Horne, J ohn Amory and Dr.
<br />Bart Thompson.
<br />Town Landscape
<br />Guidelines
<br />Goal: Tree-s haded s treet s and paths
<br />throughout the Town of Paradise
<br />Valley, in order to reflect the na tura l
<br />desert la ndscape, provide visu al relief
<br />and to s hield residents, homes and
<br />passersby from heat and traffic.
<br />1. Along the collector and arterial streets,
<br />plant trees in righ ts-of-way between the
<br />path and street and be tween th e path a nd
<br />private property.
<br />2. Where space or sightlines make t rees
<br />impracti cal, plant sh rubs, ground cover
<br />and wild flowers.
<br />3. Where crushed granite is used, it should
<br />be desert colored, 3/4" minimum size.
<br />4 . Require developers to use informally sited,
<br />desert-compatible trees and p la nts, c rush ed
<br />granite, ground cover plants, and water
<br />elements in lieu of grass (tu rO .
<br />5. Curbs shall be ribbon or rolled, desert
<br />colored cement with a salt finis h . If water
<br />control or some oth er circumsta nce make a
<br />vertical curb prefe rable, then it must be
<br />specifica ll y recommended by Town Staff to
<br />the Plannin g and Zoning Commi ssion.
<br />6. Re c reational paths shall be desert colored,
<br />salt finish, slightly meandering and laid out on
<br />site by a landscape a rchitect to assure a
<br />random appearance and usable planter
<br />space. The path should be as far from the
<br />road as the right -of-way permits. The grade
<br />should not exceed 5% in order to be
<br />disabled-friendly.
<br />7. In any non -residential project, parking and
<br />lighting sha ll be screened fr om view alo ng all
<br />boundaries by planting, berms, wall s or a
<br />combinatio n of these elements.
<br />Parking lots sha ll be broken up with
<br />planted is land s , landscaped with both
<br />s hrubs and desert shade trees.
<br />Any ext erior transformers, utilit y
<br />pads, cable television and telephone
<br />boxes s h all be screened with walls
<br />a nd/or vegeta tion .
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