Article XVI, Section 1605
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for evergreen screening trees4 ft
Evergreen trees for screening shall be a minimum four (4) feet in height
- Minimum caliper for existing preserved trees3 in
Any existing tree used to meet the requirements of this ordinance must be at least three (3) inch caliper
- Minimum caliper for ornamental trees1 in
Ornamental or flowering street trees shall be a minimum of one-inch caliper
- Minimum caliper for shade trees1.5 in
Shade trees shall be a minimum one and one-half (1½) inches caliper
- Street tree spacing50 ft
One (1) tree per fifty (50) feet of street frontage
Other
- Flower/mulch bed area in lieu of tree100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The construction of flower/mulch beds of a total area of at least one hundred (100) square feet may be planted in exchange for a tree
- Minimum planting island area per tree50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Planting islands shall contain a minimum of fifty (50) square feet per tree
- Minimum planting island dimension5 ft
with a minimum dimension of five (5) feet
- Maximum maintained shrub heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.24 in
maintained to a height not to exceed twenty-four (24) inches
- Minimum shrub heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.12 in
Shrubs shall be a minimum twelve (12) inches in height
- Street shrub spacing10 ft
one (1) shrub per ten (10) feet of street frontage
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. to limb up trees near sight lines8 ft
Trees that obstruct traffic sight lines shall be limbed up to a height of eight (8) feet
From the ordinance
One (1) tree per fifty (50) feet of street frontage and one (1) shrub per ten (10) feet of street frontage shall be planted...