Landscape Drawing L1/2 - Layout Plan

Layout Plan

[Diagram: Overall Site Layout Plan showing building footprints, parking areas, and landscape features between Island Highway and West Park Lane]

Layout Legend

• Deciduous Tree: (refer planting plan)
• Coniferous Tree: (refer planting plan)
• Concrete Paving
• Turf From Sod
• Planting Area w/ Decorative Rock Mulch & Weed Barrier Fabric
• Undisturbed Bluffs Area
• 300mm Rock Mulch Strip Along Building Edge

Notes

1. Plant material and construction methods shall meet or exceed Canadian Nursery Landscape Association Standards.
2. All soft landscape areas shall be watered by a fully automatic timed underground irrigation system.
3. Tree and shrub beds to be dressed in a minimum 1.50mm decorative rock mulch with weed barrier fabric.
4. Tree and shrub beds to receive a minimum 300mm depth topsoil placement.
5. Turf areas from sod shall be No. 1 Grade grown from certified seed of improved cultivars registered for sale in B.C. and shall be tolerant of drought conditions. A minimum of 100mm depth of growing medium is required beneath turf areas. Turf areas shall meet existing grades and hard surfaces flush.
6. Site grading and drainage will ensure that all structures have positive drainage and that no water or loose impediments will be discharged from the lot onto adjacent public, common, or private properties.

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Details

1. Turf from Sod - Section

Scale: 1:25 [Diagram: Cross-section showing sod/seed layer, soil base, topsoil, and prepared subgrade]

• Mineral sod or seed as noted on plan
• Soil base portion of mineral sod or additional seed bed soil for seeding
• Topsoil as per BC Landscape Standard
• Prepared subgrade

2. Clean Out - Section

Scale: 1:25 [Diagram: Cross-section detail of a vertical clean out near a building foundation]

• Building foundation (by others)
• Valve box cover - Green installed by landscape contractor (LC)
• Final landscape grade (by LC)
• Screw cap (by others)
• Dura 10" Round valve box. Installed by LC.
• 4" Vert. clean out (by others)

3. Planting Area with Decorative Rock Mulch - Section

Scale: 1:20 [Diagram: Detailed cross-section of a planting bed with rock mulch, mounded soil, and edging]

• 100-150mm dia. rounded rock mulch. Inset to ensure they don't block drainage off adjacent surface. Infill with pea gravel (pea gravel to be below the height of adjacent surfaces).
• Mound soil in center of bed to ensure positive drainage (min. 2%) to edge of bed.
• Adjacent paving
• Rock mulch at curb or sidewalk
• Adjacent curb - Cut 10mm openings in curb to allow for drainage at low points
• Non woven filter fabric
• Bed to be constructed 300mm depth soil topsoil per BC Landscape Standard.
• Prepared subgrade
• Where bed is adjacent to sod, use Black Diamond Edger as manufactured by Valley View Industries. Set so bottom of tube is flush w/ finished ground elevation. Stakes to be no more than 5' O.C. & set near horizontal as show in detail. Joiners to be used.
• Rock mulch at turf edge

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Site Features and Callouts

The site plan identifies the following elements:

• Waste Receptacles (Typ.)
• Asphalt Parking Lot
• Undisturbed Bluffs Area (located at the western edge)
• Building footprints (2)
• Ramp (Typ.) and Concrete Stairs (Typ.)
• Alley Block Retaining Wall (Typ.)
• Class 1 Bike Storage (4 stalls) (Typ.)
• Fire Hydrant
• Electrical Transformer (Typ.)
• Conduit Line for 14 EV Stalls
• BC Hydro, Shaw, Telus Boxes
• Concrete Sidewalk (Typ.)
• 300mm Rock Mulch Strip along Building Edge (Typ.)
• Guard Rail
• Lock Block Retaining Wall (Typ.)