Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) A minimum of
1 tree per 8 parking spaces shall be required for interior lot landscaped
areas. Any interior lot area shall be a minimum of 6 feet in length and 6 feet
in width with a minimum area of 150 square feet.
(b) Trees and shrubs shall be installed along
the length of the parking lot in all street yards. A minimum of 2 trees per 10
parking spaces that abut the street yard shall be installed in the area between
the barrier curb and the property adjacent to a sidewalk or the public
right-of-way.
(c) Newly planted
trees shall:
(1) measure a minimum of 2.5
inches in caliper at a height 6 inches above ground level;
(2) measure a minimum of 8 feet in
height;
(3) have a 35 foot minimum
mature height; and,
(4) must be
drought tolerant.
(d)
For the purpose of this section, existing healthy trees that are 2.5 inches or
more in caliper as measured at a height 36 inches above ground level may be
counted for landscape requirements, if they will be retained.
(e) Shrubs shall be maintained at a height of
2.5 feet, except when used as screening for parking lots adjacent to
residential uses.
(f) All trees,
shrubs and ground cover shall be arranged in such a manner that they will grow
to maturity and provide the landscape screen required by this section. No
plantings shall be placed in a landscaped area where they will be impacted by
pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(g) New or reconfigured surface parking areas
shall provide the following landscaped elements:
(1) Front yard buffer (Appendix D.1, A). All
parking areas abutting a public right-of-way or future street shall provide a
front yard buffer at least 10 feet deep from the sidewalk, consisting of
shrubbery, hedges, trees, decorative walls or fences, which creates a visual
screen at least three feet high; does not apply to internal driveways, or
alleys.
(2) Front yard perimeter
bulb-out (Appendix D.1, B). All parking areas abutting a public right-of-way or
future street shall provide bulb-outs so that there are not more than 15
continuous parking spaces in a row uninterrupted along that frontage. The
bulb-out should be equal in depth to the parking spaces, a minimum of nine feet
wide, which includes flowers, shrubs, grass and/or trees where not more than
50% of the ground cover is mulch or gravel.
(3) End-of-row bulb-out (Appendix D.1, C). A
landscaped bulb-out should be located at the end of any perimeter parking row
abutting a traveled lane. The bulb-out should be equal in depth to the parking
space, a minimum of nine feet wide, which includes flowers, shrubs, grass
and/or trees where not more than 50% of the ground cover is mulch or
gravel.
(4) Internal landscaped
island (Appendix D.1, D). Internal parking rows should provide landscaped
islands at either end of the rows. The islands shall be equal in length to the
rows and at least nine feet wide, or of equivalent size if an irregular shape
is necessary. Islands shall include at least two trees with shrubs, flowers,
grass or other plantings so that not more than 50% of the ground cover is mulch
or gravel.
(5) Intermediate
landscaped island (Appendix D.1, E). Internal parking rows should provide
intermediate landscaped islands so that there are not more than 12 continuous
parking spaces in a row uninterrupted. Islands shall be landscaped the same as
internal landscaped islands.
(6)
Enhanced parking median (Appendix D.1, F). Larger parking lots which contain
multiple rows of parking should provide an enhanced parking median so that
there are not more than six rows of parking uninterrupted. Enhanced landscaped
medians may be of two different types, landscaped or pedestrian.
(7) Landscaped medians shall separate the
rows of parking on either side with a continuous six-foot-wide landscaped band
which includes additional landscaping and trees no less than every 30
feet.
(8) Pedestrian medians shall
separate the rows of parking on either side with a continuous six-foot-wide
pedestrian sidewalk - flush to grade - which leads toward building entry areas
and connects to perimeter sidewalks with crosswalks.
