Amherst, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 24-694

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Shade trees per parking spaces1 per 10 spaces

    Interior landscaping shall include a minimum of one shade tree per ten parking spaces or portion thereof.

  • Spacing for street shrubs along parking lot5 ft on center

    Shrubs shall be in a single row planted five feet on center.

From the ordinance

Parking lots consisting of five spaces or more: 1. Interior landscaping shall include a minimum of one shade tree per ten parking spaces or portion thereof. Interior landscaping shall be located in reasonably dispersed planting islands or perimeter areas. Shrub plantings adjacent to a building shall not be counted as interior landscaping; 2. Additional plantings along public streets: When a parking lot is located such that the parked cars will be visible from a public street, then additional landscaping of low street shrubs shall be required between the street and the parking lot. Shrubs shall be in a single row planted five feet on center; 3. Screening of parking lots shall not be counted toward the interior landscaping requirement.
Sec. 24-694