Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Maximum percentage of required trees that may be evergreen25 pct
No more than 25 percent of the required trees shall be evergreen.
- Canopy trees per 50 linear feet of street yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.1 trees per 50 ft
Street yards shall contain at least one canopy tree for every 50 linear feet of street yard, or fraction thereof, for the entire frontage of the site.
- Minimum tree caliper at installation1.75 in
Trees shall be a minimum of 1 3/4 to two inches in caliper measured one foot above grade
- Minimum tree heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at installation8 ft
a minimum of eight feet in height at installation
- Expected minimum tree heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at maturity35 ft
shall be expected to achieve a minimum height of 35 feet at maturity
- Minimum tree spacing on center10 ft
no trees shall be installed closer than ten feet on center
Other
- Access driveways crossing street yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. angle90 degrees
Access driveways shall cross the street yard as near to a 90-degree angle as is practical given the shape and topography of the property.
- ImperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. surfaces excluded from street yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. area calculation
No other impervious surfaces may be used in calculating the street yard area requirements.
- Average street yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width10 ft
averages at least ten feet in width
- Minimum street yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width at any point6 ft
no less than six feet in width at any point
- Street yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. minimum area formula
The minimum area of the street yard in square feet shall be equal to the length of the property along the right-of-way in linear feet times ten.
- Street yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. required for all new developments
All new developments shall provide a street yard that averages at least ten feet in width and is no less than six feet in width at any point along its street frontage as measured perpendicularly to the public street right-of-way.
- Street yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. widths in excess of 20 feet not calculated20 ft
Street yard widths in excess of 20 feet shall not be calculated in determining the minimum area.
From the ordinance
All new developments shall provide a street yard that averages at least ten feet in width and is no less than six feet in width at any point along its street frontage as measured perpendicularly to the public street right-of-way. The minimum area of the street yard in square feet shall be equal to the length of the property along the right-of-way in linear feet times ten.