Recommended Plant List for Development Landscaping and Bufferyard Landscaping, which suggests trees and shrubs suitable for use in the City. Individual plant characteristics should be taken into consideration when selecting species for particular locations (right plant, right place). Characteristics to take into consideration should include, but not limited to, growth habits, cultural requirements, fruiting habits, presence of thorns, pest resistance, odor, etc.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Recommended Plant List for Rain Gardens and Bioretention Areas, which suggests trees, shrubs, and herbaceous vegetation suitable for use in rain gardens and bioretention basins within the City. Soil conditions within these areas can alternate between wet and dry, creating tough growing condition for many plants. The following plants are adapted to such areas; however, some plants will tolerate more moisture than others. Each plant is marked according to its flooding tolerance: 3 is tolerant of extended flooding; 2 is tolerant of brief flooding; and 1 is tolerant of extended drought once established. Additional characteristics to take into consideration should include, but not limited to, growth habits, cultural requirements, fruiting habits, presence of thorns, pest resistance, odor, etc.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Recommended Stormwater and Infiltration Detention Basins: Best Management Practices (BMPs) are methods or techniques found to be the most effective and practical means in achieving an objective. In the case of this appendix, the following best practices are those preferred – but not required – by the City as to stormwater and infiltration design.

Stormwater infiltration, bioretention and rainwater gardens are landscaped features to provide detention of stormwater and treatment of runoff on site. These are typically effective (but not limited to) in and around parking lots. Rain gardens are landscape depressions designed to receive stormwater runoff and remove some pollutants while recharging the water table. They are typically utilized in residential areas. These BMP’s enhance the quality of downstream waters by filtering runoff, as well as temporarily detaining stormwater within the planting medium for days. This unseen detention allows for a reduction of size or elimination of detention ponds / basins on site. Following South Carolina DHEC design criteria calculations and specifications within the Storm Water Management Handbook will demonstrate surface area, volume detained, hydraulic draw down time etc.

The following details are suggested applications.

Effective on: 1/1/1901