Landscaping Licence of Occupation Guidelines
The following outlines all requirements associated with Landscaping installations permitted through the Landscaping Licence of Occupation. Please review the guidelines before filling out the application near the bottom of this page.
If you have any questions about the guidelines or the applications process, please email regulatedroaduse@edmonton.ca.
Items Not Permitted
The following landscaping elements are not allowed to be used or installed as part of the Landscaping Licence of Occupation.
- Use of pesticides or fertilizers
- In-ground irrigation systems
- Powered equipment including but not limited to cords, decorative lights or tree lights
- Umbrellas
- Garbage receptacles
- Plaques or Signs
- Fencing, railing or barriers
- Small scale personal book lending libraries
- Gravel or decorative rock as surface ground cover
- Raised garden beds
- Boulders
- Street furniture such as benches
- Trees
Non Grass Surfaces
- Surfacing other than grass must not create potential hazards for pedestrians and/or vehicles using the road right-of-way
- Where mulch is installed the mulch must be organic whole tree mulch. Mulches that contain conifer needles or straw are not permitted
- Must be actively monitored and any spread onto the sidewalk or road surface must be immediately removed
- No landscape fabric is permitted
Vertical Stakes and Plant Support Cages
- Must not be installed more than 30cm (24”) below the surface
- Must be no taller than 1.2m
Ornamental or Decorative Items*
*More than and larger than Declaration Specification (see Boulevard Gardening).
- Must be freestanding, and may only be installed on the surface of the ground
- Must be movable by one (1) person
- Have a maximum height of 1.2m
- Must not cause operational or safety problems to the public using roads and sidewalks
- Must not affect sightlines at intersections or vehicle access points and are not permitted not within 3m from the edge of a driveway access or 5m from the curb of an intersection
- Must be setback 0.5m from the edge of the sidewalk or edge of the curb or edge of roadway in cases where there is no curb
- Must consider Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Prohibited Plant Species
- Noxious and Prohibited Noxious Weeds listed under the Alberta Weed Control Act
- Saskatoon
- Fir
- Cedar
- Hawthorne