HOA Tree Requirements

Tree Requirements -- Front Yard -- Anthem

From the Anthem Parkside HOA Design Guidelines:

Extremely Small Front Yards
- Landscape Area less than 600 Square Feet. If the square footage of the landscape area of your front yard is less than 600 square feet, you must plant at least one of the following:
  - 24” Box Tree from the Approved Plant List
  - 15 Gallon Size Tree from the Approved Plant List
  - Saguaro (Carnegiea Gigantee) of at least 15 gallon size and six feet in height
  - Ocotillo (Fouquieria Splendens) of at least 15 gallon size and six feet in height
- Landscape Area Between 600 Square Feet and 1,100 Square Feet. If the square footage of the landscape area of your front yard is greater than 600 square feet but less than 1,100 square feet, you must plant at least one of the following:
  - 24” Box Tree from the Approved Plant List
  - 15 Gallon Size Tree from the Approved Plant List
Standard and Oversized Lot Types. All other yards are classified into four (4) categories: interior Lot, corner Lot, cul-de-sac Lot and over-sized Lot. Minimum [tree] planting requirements for each category are as follows:
- Interior Lot
  - One (1) tree; 24" box size
- Corner Lot, Cul-De-Sac Lot, Oversized/Large Lot (Over 9,200 S.F.)
  - One (1) tree; 24" box size
  - One (1) tree; fifteen (15) gallon size
- Substitutions. Except for Extremely Small Front Yards, the following substitutions may be made:
  - A fifteen gallon tree may be substituted with either a Saguaro (Carnegiea Gigantee) or an Ocotillo (Fouquieria Splendens) provided that the plant is a minimum of fifteen (15) gallon and six (6) feet in height.

Tree & Plant Spacing -- Anthem

From the Anthem HOA Design Guidelines: "All trees must be planted a minimum of five (5) feet from all property lines and/or perimeter property line walls . . . All other landscape plantings must be installed a minimum of three (3) feet from all property lines and perimeter property line walls. All landscape plantings shall be planted a minimum of 18” away from structures."