Initial Acceptance of Landscape Improvements Sample Clauses
The Initial Acceptance of Landscape Improvements clause establishes the process by which completed landscaping work is formally reviewed and accepted by the property owner or their representative. Typically, this involves an inspection of the installed landscaping features—such as lawns, trees, irrigation systems, and other plantings—once the contractor notifies that the work is finished. If the work meets the agreed-upon specifications and standards, the owner issues an initial acceptance, which may trigger partial payment or start a warranty period. This clause ensures that both parties have a clear, documented point at which responsibility for the landscape improvements transitions from the contractor to the owner, helping to prevent disputes over the condition or completion of the work.
Initial Acceptance of Landscape Improvements. 1. In order to obtain Initial Acceptance of Landscape Improvements for a phase or an entire project, Developer shall submit to the City a written request for Initial Acceptance of Landscape Improvements.
2. The City shall inspect the Landscape Improvements within a reasonable time after receipt of a request for Initial Acceptance.
a. During or subsequent to such inspection, the City shall generate a written “punch list” of items requiring correction, repair or replacement in compliance with all applicable ordinances and standards of the City.
i. Not less than thirty (30) days after the date the punch list is provided to Developer, unless Developer authorizes an earlier inspection, the City shall conduct a re-inspection of the Landscape Improvements and generate a new written punch list unless all punch list items have been corrected, repaired or replaced to the satisfaction of the City.
ii. This process shall continue until all punch list items have been corrected, repaired or replaced to the satisfaction of the City, at which time, the City shall proceed with Initial Acceptance as set forth herein.
b. Failure to correct, repair or replace the punch list items as provided herein shall constitute cause to deny any request for Initial Acceptance, and in no event shall the City grant Initial Acceptance until after Developer has corrected, repaired and replaced the punch list items to the City’s satisfaction.
3. In no event shall the City grant Initial Acceptance of Landscape Improvements until the Developer has paid in full all CIL amounts including any fines, interest, and late fees.
4. Upon a finding of satisfactory completion of the Landscape Improvements in compliance herewith and with all applicable ordinances and standards of the City, and upon execution and delivery to the City of the Landscape Warranty, and unless otherwise excepted herein, the City shall grant Initial Acceptance of the Landscape Improvements via certified letter to Developer, the date of which shall constitute the date of commencement of the Warranty Period for the Landscape Improvements as provided in Section III.D.