Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Large tree canopy per green space400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per 150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. green space
The equivalent of 400 square feet of large tree canopy coverage shall be planted for each 150 square feet of interior green space provided.
Other
- Buffer yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. D with berm for commercial/industrial facing right-of-way3 ft
A buffer yard D as described in Section 19-610 of this ordinance, with a three-foot berm, shall be required where the rear of any commercial or industrial building faces a public or private right-of-way having an existing or proposed width of 80 feet or more.
- Green space per parking space30 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
30 square feet of green space per each off-street parking space.
- Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. hedge heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
Street frontage hedges shall be restricted to a mature height of four (4) feet, except where they are required to screen service entrances and outside storage areas, in which case they shall be maintained at a height of six (6) feet.
From the ordinance
Green space meeting the definition contained in the Chesapeake Landscape Specifications Manual shall be provided within the interior of parking areas at a ratio of thirty (30) square feet of green space per each off-street parking space.