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Trees in open soil beds and in closed paved areas must be planted in
keeping with the City of Copenhagen’s guidelines on planting trees.
(The 2006 standards for landscape gardening must be met.)
Use
The City of Copenhagen does not use pesticides (approved by Dogme
2000 – Green Cities).
Weed control is carried out thermally (burning, steam), manually,
mechanically, or by spreading weed-control fabric and wood chips.
The green area/biofactor and biodiversity must as a minimum be maintained
– and preferably increased – in the management and maintenance
of green areas.
The City must approve the articles of landowners’ associations,
courtyard associations, etc. in order to ensure the quality of use and
maintenance.
Documentation
• The consultant and the developer must provide the necessary documentation
that the relevant standards in this chapter have been met.
This documentation must be submitted to the City’s project manager
at the latest when the project design has been drawn up and before
an application has been submitted to the authorities or invitations for
tenders have been sent out.
• Written documentation must be provided on how good growth conditions
will be ensured. As a minimum, the latest revised norms for
landscape gardening must be followed, including the norms for the
size of plant holes and growth zones.