General Standards.
Tupelo Development Code § 9.7.5
in effect9.7.5. - General Standards.
(1) Irrigation shall be provided on all sites for which 5,000 square feet or more of area planted with trees, shrubs, or bedding plants as required under this Section 10.7.
(2) Irrigation plans to be bid shall be prepared and sealed by a Mississippi licensed landscape architect or other Mississippi licensed design professional, as indicated by the Mississippi Landscape Architect Registration Act.
(3) No canopy trees used for vehicular use area landscaping credits shall be planted farther than ten feet from the edge of the vehicular use area. No understory trees or shrubs shall be planted farther than 15 feet from the edge of the vehicular use area. All shrubs and trees shall be located at least three feet from either the back of curb of the vehicular use area or back of wheel stops.
(4) Plant materials shall be located to facilitate safe sight distances within parking lots. Plants located at the end of parking lot islands, within the sight distance triangles, or in medians shall be a species with a maximum mature height of 30 inches.
(5) Tree planting and site lighting shall be coordinated to reduce conflicts between mature trees and light standards.
Source: City of Tupelo, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/tupelo/codes/development_code?nodeId=CH9LABU_9.7VEUSARLA_9.7.5GESTFetched: 11/1/2026