Landscape Maintenance

• 4 copies of landscape proposal plan (3 coloured copies and 1 linen copy) must be submitted.
• The Landscape Proposal Plan must be coloured as follows:-
  

  • Plan	Colour
    Main trees, palms, shrubs	Green or any appropriate colour
    Open areas, surau areas, community halls and road shoulders	Green
    Roads, backstreet and alleys	Yellow
    Rivers, oxidation ponds, drains and water sources	Blue
    Children's playgrounds	Brown
    Sub-stations	Red
    Location Plans	Pink

• Scale for a site plan is 1:350, 1:250 or anything equivalent.
• Submitted plans must be signed by the landlord, developer and certified consultant (Landscape Architect).
• A phased proposal plan must be attached together with a landscape master plan and the presentation of the plan in general has to be perfect.

• Planting Distance: (The planting distance provided is the maximum distance for main trees and palm trees).

  • Planting Distance
    Tree	Distance
    Main trees	9m (30 feets)
    Palm trees	5m (15 feets)
    Shrubs	150mm - 230mm - (6 feets - 9 feets)

• Height, trunk diameter and clear trunk. * The below specifications are of the minimum standard.

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    Main trees
    Height	2 metres - 2.5 metres (6 feets - 8 feets)
    Trunk Diameter	2.5 mm - 4 mm (1 feet - 1 1/2 feets)

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    Palm trees
    Height	3 metres - 3.5 metres (10 feets - 12 feets)
    Clear Trunk	300 mm (12 feets)

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    High Shrubs
    Height	450 mm (18 feets)
    Polybag Size	230 mm x 230 mm (10 feets x 10 feets)

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    Low Shrubs
    Height	230 mm - 300 mm (9 feets - 12 feets)
    Polybag Size	153 mm x 231 mm (6 feets x 9 feets)

• Grass Planting
  
  • For open areas and children's playgrounds, grass from the species Axonopus compressus with 90% purity must be planted. Close turfing is encouraged, however if spot turfing is done the area has to be entirely covered when a CF spot-check is conducted.
  • For surau areas, community halls and road shoulders, the grass planting is also done using Axonopus compressus grass with 70% purity, following the same procedure as above.

Children's playgrounds equipments that are intended to be supplied and assembled must be of the integrated type. They need to have safety features, high durability and approved by agencies such as SIRIM or granted the ISO 9002 Certificate. Basic elements that need to be supplied are as follows :-

Request for playgrounds have to be submitted along with the Proposal Plan (4 copies) which are verified by developers or negotiators.

• The Department Of City Beautification on behalf of the Historical Malacca City Council has the right to amend any proposal plans submitted according to suitability and size of the project. This is to ensure that submitted proposal plans are made following landscape planning handled by this department.
• Plan alteration caused by the applicant's needs to be followed by a new application.
• Applications that have exceeded two (2) years need to be resubmitted.

Mainroad Fringes

Open Areas

Planted by cluster (Planting Displacement - 5 metres / 15 feets).

Surau / Community Hall and Stall (Perimeter)

Main Trees

Palm Trees

*(Refer item 3) Sanitation tank and TNB Sub-Station,

For shopping lot landscape proposal plant box measuring 1 metre x 1 metre must be made available planted with the following trees :-

**Palm cluster palms is not recommended.