Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 5%
Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Buffer planting density for 15-20 ft buffer
five trees and 15 shrubs per 100 linear feet for fifteen- to twenty-foot buffers
- Buffer planting density for 25 ft buffer
eight trees and 20 shrubs per 100 linear feet for twenty-five-foot buffers
- Buffer planting density for 5-10 ft buffer
two trees and 10 shrubs per 100 linear feet for five- to ten-foot buffers
- Evergreen minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Evergreen trees shall be a minimum of six feet immediately after planting.
- Front landscaped area minimum width10 ft
The required landscape area shall be contiguous to the front lot line of the property and have an average minimum width of 10 feet.
- Front landscaped area shrubs per 50 ft10 count
At a minimum, one tree and 10 shrubs shall be planted within the front landscaped area for each 50 feet or fraction thereof of lot frontage.
- Front landscaped area trees per 50 ft1 count
At a minimum, one tree and 10 shrubs shall be planted within the front landscaped area for each 50 feet or fraction thereof of lot frontage.
- Large parking interior area minimum180 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each interior landscaped area shall contain a minimum of 180 square feet
- Large parking interior landscaping per space5 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All uses required to have 100 or more off-street parking spaces shall have at least five square feet of interior landscaping within the paved portion of the parking area for each parking space
- Large parking trees per 25 spaces1 count
at least one tree for every 25 parking spaces or fraction thereof
- Minimum tree circumference3.5 in
with a minimum circumference of 3.50 inches
- Minimum tree heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at planting6 ft
Trees shall be a minimum of six to eight feet in height, with a minimum circumference of 3.50 inches, immediately after planting.
- Parking perimeter landscaped width5 ft
A landscaped area shall be provided along the perimeter of any parking area. The required landscaped area shall have a minimum width of five feet
- Parking perimeter shrubs per 100 ft10 count
planted with two trees and 10 shrubs per 100 linear feet of perimeter area
- Parking perimeter trees per 100 ft2 count
planted with two trees and 10 shrubs per 100 linear feet of perimeter area
- Shrub minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.1 ft
Shrubs and hedges shall be a minimum of one to two feet in height immediately after planting.
- Tree spacing30 ft
Trees shall be planted 25 to 35 feet on center depending on species.
Other
- Central solid waste storage required
All new buildings and uses except for single-family and two-family dwellings shall provide facilities for the central storage of solid waste within the lot.
- Mechanical equipment screening required
All nonresidential uses shall screen from the view of public places and neighboring properties all mechanical equipment
- Outdoor storage screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
screened from view of all residentially zoned land by a double row of evergreen shrubs or trees planted to form a continuous hedge of at least six feet in height within two years of installation.
From the ordinance
Landscaping, trees and plant material shall be planted in a growing condition... The provisions of this section shall apply to all new development and changes of use, additions and expansions which increase the intensity of existing development a minimum of 3,000 square feet.