Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 5%
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Tree ratio per parking space0.25 trees per space
Trees shall be planted and maintained in all parking lots at a ratio of one tree for every four parking spaces (that may be clustered or grouped).
Other
- Landscaped setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for 20 or fewer parking spaces10 ft
For 20 or fewer parking spaces: A minimum ten-foot-wide landscaped setback is required along all street frontages for parking, loading and outdoor vehicle sales areas.
- Landscaped setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for 21 or more parking spaces15 ft
For 21 or greater parking spaces: A minimum 15-foot-wide landscaped setback is required along all street frontages for parking, loading, and outdoor vehicle sales areas.
- Landscaped setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to residential5 ft
When adjacent to a residentially zoned or residentially used lot: A minimum five-foot-wide landscaped setback is required along all property lines shared with a residentially zoned or residentially used lot for parking, loading and outdoor vehicle sales areas in conjunction with the required six-foot high masonry wall.
- Minimum landscaped area in parking lots with >20 spaces5 pct
Except in any industrial, airport and railway base zone, parking lots having more than 20 spaces shall have a minimum of five percent of the parking lot area landscaped.
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. between parking and street3 ft
Landscaping shall be designed and maintained for partial screening of vehicles to a minimum height of three feet, measured from the finished grade of the parking lot.
From the ordinance
Trees shall be planted and maintained in all parking lots at a ratio of one tree for every four parking spaces (that may be clustered or grouped).