Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 32.7.9.6
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 5%
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Large street tree minimum caliper1.5 inches
Large street trees shall be 1½ inches to 1¾ inches minimum caliper (measured six inches above ground level) when planted.
- Medium street tree minimum caliper1 inches
Medium street trees shall be one inch to 1¼ inches minimum caliper when planted.
- Parking area tree ratio10 spaces per tree
The plant materials may be a mixture of shade trees and shrubs and shall include one large or medium shade tree per ten parking spaces or portion thereof, if five spaces or more.
Other
- Parking area landscaping minimum5 pct
An area of at least five percent of the paved parking and vehicular circulation area shall be landscaped with trees or shrubs.
From the ordinance
The minimum landscaping standards for each parking area having five or more parking spaces are as follows: ... An area of at least five percent of the paved parking and vehicular circulation area shall be landscaped with trees or shrubs. ... The plant materials may be a mixture of shade trees and shrubs and shall include one large or medium shade tree per ten parking spaces or portion thereof, if five spaces or more. ... Large street trees shall be 1½ inches to 1¾ inches minimum caliper (measured six inches above ground level) when planted. Medium street trees shall be one inch to 1¼ inches minimum caliper when planted. ... The plant materials shall be located in reasonably dispersed planting islands within the parking area or abutting areas.