19-6

Other

• Evergreen spacing in screening yards15 ft

  Evergreen vegetation shall be planted and spaced in staggered rows, at a 15 foot center.

• Percentage of required landscape in interior parking area50 pct

  Fifty percent of the required landscape shall be located in the interior parking area.

• Invasive plants prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

  Planting invasive plants are prohibited

• Large tree and shrub ratio per 40 linear feet

  or one large tree and five shrubs per 40 linear feet.

• Minimum front buffer strip width10 ft

  A minimum ten-foot wide buffer landscape strip shall be provided between parking lot and adjacent right-of-way.

• Minimum interior planting area size150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Interior parking planting areas shall not be less than 150 ft²

• Parking area planting percentage5 pct

  The parking area shall include planting areas and they shall be calculated to equal 5 percent of the total parking area, to include travelways.

• Parking area planting percentage with bioretention3 pct

  In plans that bioretention is used as a stormwater feature, the planting areas may be 3 percent or more, of the total parking area, to include travelways.

• Percentage of required landscape around building and perimeter50 pct

  Fifty percent of the required landscape shall be planted around the building and perimeter of the parcel.

• Small tree and shrub ratio per 20 linear feet

  at least one small tree and three shrubs per 20 linear feet

• Tree and shrub ratio per 150 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  one tree and three shrubs planted for every 150 ft²