Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 15%
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum double row bay terminus island area280 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A double row parking bay shall have an island with a minimum of two hundred eighty (280) square feet.
- Maximum percentage of evergreen trees50 pct
Evergreen trees shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the number trees planted within the border.
- Minimum interior bay landscaping width9 ft
Parking lots shall have landscaping of at least nine (9) feet in width for the entire length of every other interior parking bay
- Landscaping island shrub requirement3 shrubs
at least three (3) deciduous or evergreen shrubs, at least eighteen (18) inches tall at the time of planting, shall be planted and maintained within each required landscaping island.
- Landscaping island tree requirement1 tree
Each required landscaping island ... shall have and maintain at least one (1) large deciduous tree, one (1) small/ornamental deciduous tree, or one evergreen tree.
- Large deciduous tree spacing along street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.40 ft
No less than one (1) large deciduous tree planted for every forty (40) linear feet of parking lot street frontage
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. bay terminus island area140 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A single row parking bay shall have an island with a minimum of one hundred forty (140) square feet.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. lot landscaping percentage15 pct
Parking lots shall include well-defined and well-maintained landscaping areas equal to at least fifteen (15) percent of the total area of the parking lot.
- Landscaping plan required
Landscaping information shall be submitted with a comprehensive site plan and/or, if applicable, with a building permit
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. lot side/rear border width10 ft
Parking lots shall be separated from all side and rear property lines by a landscaping border not less than ten (10) feet in width or by a wall or fence of at least three (3) feet in height
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. lot street border width10 ft
Parking lots shall be separated from public street right-of-way lines by a landscaping border not less than ten (10) feet in width.
- Maximum parking spaces between islands12 spaces
Rows of parking spaces shall be divided at intervals of no more than twelve (12) parking spaces by a landscaping island of no less than one hundred forty (140) square feet.
- Small/ornamental tree spacing along street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.25 ft
No less than one (1) small/ornamental deciduous tree, planted for every twenty-five (25) linear feet of parking lot street frontage
From the ordinance
Parking lots shall be separated from public street right-of-way lines by a landscaping border not less than ten (10) feet in width.