Sec. 25-481 to 25-491

Ten (10) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for commercial or industrial uses.

Fifteen (15) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for residential uses.

For residential projects in all districts other than A-1, RR and FC, for which a plan of subdivision is required, but not a site plan, a landscape plan shall be included with the record plat that provides for the planting and/or replacement of trees on the site such that at maturity of ten (10) years, the minimum tree canopy shall be provided as follows: If the site has a tree canopy coverage of twenty (20) percent or more prior to submission of the rezoning application or subdivision plan, the landscape plan shall provide for the preservation or planting and replacement of trees on the site so as to result in a tree canopy of at least twenty (20) percent at ten (10) years maturity. If the site has a tree canopy coverage of less than twenty (20) percent prior to submission of the rezoning application or subdivision plan, the landscape plan shall provide for the preservation or planting and replacement of trees on the site so as to result in a tree canopy coverage as existed prior to development, at ten (10) years maturity.

For any development of a lot for a business or an industrial use, buffering and/or screening shall be required on such lot adjacent and parallel to the entire lot line or public right-of-way so as to separate all uses, structures and activities on the lot from contiguous lots or roadways. Along the property line that separates the lot from the residential use or district, evergreen trees of not less than six (6) feet in height when planted shall be planted in two (2) parallel rows with the trees planted in a staggered fashion ten (10) feet apart and individual trees planted no farther than ten (10) feet apart. Solid, opaque fencing of five (5) to six (6) feet in height may be permitted in combination with dense evergreen planting to provide the equivalent result.

Any parking lot, excepting single bay parking lots of twenty (20) spaces or less, shall be provided with landscaped open space along the perimeter of the parking area or areas, in the minimum rate of one (1) canopy tree per ten (10) spaces which shall be located such that no parking space is more than eighty (80) feet from a portion of the landscaped open space or parking island, and no more than eighty (80) feet from a canopy tree.

If any parking lot contains ten (10) or more spaces peripheral parking lot landscaping shall be required as follows: Along the perimeter of parking, loading and driveway areas on a lot with business or industrial uses that abuts a residentially zoned lot or a lot with a residential use, an opaque barrier shall be constructed... a landscaping strip at least ten (10) feet in width measured from the edge of pavement, shall be located between the parking lot and the abutting property lines... Parking areas and vehicular traffic circulation lanes shall be screened with either earthen berming to a minimum height of thirty (30) inches; berming shall not exceed a slope of two to one (2:1); or a continuous solid fence or wall four (4) to six (6) feet in height. The berm, fence or wall shall have evergreen shrubs planted between it and the property line, at an average of every eight (8) lineal feet. One (1) understory tree per fifteen (15) linear feet; One (1) deciduous canopy tree per thirty-five (35) linear feet.