Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-1182

Dimensional standards

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
5%

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to all parking lots 3,420 square feetsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. or larger and when a site plan is required

Extracted standards

8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Maximum distance from parking space to interior tree90 ft

    Every parking space shall be located no more than 90 feet from an interior parking lot tree.

  • Minimum interior parking lot landscaping5 pct

    Parking lot areas shall contain a minimum of five percent interior landscaping in addition to any required perimeter landscaping.

  • One planting island of a minimum area of 162 square feet shall be provided for every 3,240 square feet of parking lot area.

  • One planting island of a minimum area of 162 square feet shall be provided for every 3,240 square feet of parking lot area.

  • Minimum planting island inside dimension9 ft

    Planting islands shall be a minimum inside dimension of nine feet by 18 feet in area.

  • Minimum planting island length18 ft

    Planting islands shall be a minimum inside dimension of nine feet by 18 feet in area.

  • Minimum soil depth for planting islands24 in

    underlain by soil (not base course material) prepared to a minimum depth of 24 inches.

  • Minimum shade trees per planting island1 count

    Each planting island shall contain a minimum of one shade tree per 162 square feet.

From the ordinance

Parking lot areas shall contain a minimum of five percent interior landscaping in addition to any required perimeter landscaping.
Sec. 48-1182