The purpose of the Landscape Ordinance (PDF) is to protect and enhance the ecological and esthetic environments of the City of Greenville. Proper landscaping benefits the City by:

• Dust
• Glare from vehicles
• Noise
• Reducing soil erosion and storm water runoff
• Wind

Landscaping Benefits

Furthermore, landscaping buffers and screens incompatible land uses, maintains and enhances the character of neighborhoods, serves to attract potential developers to the City, and generally creates a safer, more attractive and more pleasant living and working environment for all the residents of the City of Greenville.