Falls Church, Virginia · General provision
Division 2, Landscaping Plan Requirements
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 15%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- MUR application areas
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum landscaped open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.15 pct
A minimum of 15 percent of the gross site area must be landscaped open space.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. island area150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each island must contain a minimum of one canopy tree and 150 square feet.
- Perimeter setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. tree spacing30 ft
Street-type shade trees... planted at intervals of 30 to 40 feet.
- Structured parking top deck landscaping2 pct
Structured parking facilities must include a minimum of two percent of landscaped area on the top decks, with the remaining three percent to be planted adjacent to the ground level.
- Interior surface parking landscaping5 pct
Five percent of the interior of all surface parking facilities must be landscaped.
From the ordinance
A minimum of 15 percent of the gross site area must be landscaped open space. Five percent of the interior of all surface parking facilities must be landscaped. Structured parking facilities must include a minimum of two percent of landscaped area on the top decks...