Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 25%
Extracted standards
19 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Berm screening reduction33 pct
For screening purposes, the use of berming will result in a thirty-three (33) percent reduction in the required number of vegetative screening elements.
- Buffer tree row spacing10 ft
Buffering and screening trees or large evergreen shrubs, as required in subsection (d) of this section, shall consist of one (1) row planted not more than ten (10) feet on center or two (2) staggered rows planted not more than fifteen (15) feet on center.
- Buffer tree staggered row spacing15 ft
Buffering and screening trees or large evergreen shrubs, as required in subsection (d) of this section, shall consist of one (1) row planted not more than ten (10) feet on center or two (2) staggered rows planted not more than fifteen (15) feet on center.
- Existing tree minimum caliper3 in
Any existing tree used to meet the requirements of this chapter must be of at least three-inch caliper, in healthy condition, of a cultivated species, and be protected from construction activity.
- Large shade tree spacing40 ft
Large shade trees shall be planted along arterials, collectors, and major subdivision streets. These trees shall be spaced forty (40) feet on center.
- Landscaping maintenance period2 years
The owner is responsible for maintaining all required plant material in good health for a period of two (2) years after time of planting.
- Medium shade tree spacing25 ft
Medium shade trees shall be planted in local subdivision streets, both public and private, in median strips, and in open space. These trees shall be spaced twenty-five (25) feet on center along right-of-way.
- Interior parking lot shade trees2 trees per 10 spaces
Interior landscaping for parking lots shall consist of two (2) shade trees and four (4) small shrubs for every ten (10) parking spaces, or portion thereof.
- Residential rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. landscaping coverage20 pct
For residential developments, rear yard landscaping, consisting of shrubs or trees shall be provided and cover at least twenty (20) percent of the rear yard at maturity, as defined, exclusive of grass, ground covers, annuals and perennials.
- Specimen tree interior landscaping reduction25 pct
A twenty-five (25) percent reduction in required interior landscaping; or
- Specimen tree overstory hardwood minimum diameter30 in
Overstory hardwoods: 30-inch trunk diameter or larger (Oak, Maple, Hickory, etc.)
- Specimen tree overstory softwood minimum diameter36 in
Overstory softwoods: 36-inch trunk diameter or larger (Pine, Cedar, Spruce, Hemlock, etc.)
- Specimen tree protection fence diameter1 ft per inch trunk diameter
Tree protection fencing shall encompass a circle with a diameter equivalent to one foot for each trunk diameter inch of the tree to be saved.
- Specimen tree understory minimum diameter12 in
Flowering understory trees: 12-inch trunk diameter or larger (Dogwood, Redbud, Magnolia, etc.)
Other
- Mechanical equipment screening
For commercial and industrial uses, mechanical equipment located on the ground shall be screened from view from all public rights-of-way and from adjacent residential districts and uses.
- Minimum shrub container size3 gallons
These shrubs shall be a minimum three-gallon container size.
- Interior parking lot small shrubs4 shrubs per 10 spaces
Interior landscaping for parking lots shall consist of two (2) shade trees and four (4) small shrubs for every ten (10) parking spaces, or portion thereof.
- Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. small shrubs1 shrub per 5 ft
An additional row of small shrubs shall be required between the street and the parking lot consisting of at least one (1) small shrub for every five (5) feet, or portion thereof, of street frontage.
Parking
- Specimen tree parking reduction10 pct
A ten (10) percent reduction in total number of required parking spaces.
From the ordinance
Interior landscaping for parking lots shall consist of two (2) shade trees and four (4) small shrubs for every ten (10) parking spaces, or portion thereof.