Sec. 8-1005.F.3

Landscaping & trees

• Parking zone alteration threshold for full landscaping20 spaces

  Where a parking area is altered or expanded to increase the size to twenty (20) or more vehicle parking spaces and is used regularly for at least five (5) days a week, landscaping for the entire parking area shall be provided

• Parking zone double row island minimum length37 ft

  Islands at the end of a double row of parking are required to be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide by thirty-seven (37) feet long.

• Parking zone extra points per space above minimum10 points/space

  Each parking space above the minimum parking space requirements of this ordinance shall require an additional ten (10) landscaping points per space

• Parking zone field median minimum width15 ft

  using landscaping medians which are a minimum of fifteen (15) feet wide and including a pedestrian walkway which is at least five (5) feet wide.

• Parking zone field median walkway minimum width5 ft

  using landscaping medians which are a minimum of fifteen (15) feet wide and including a pedestrian walkway which is at least five (5) feet wide.

• Parking zone island interval8 spaces

  Additional landscaping islands, a minimum of nine (9) feet wide by eighteen and one-half (18.5) feet long, are required every eight (8) linear spaces to break up long rows of parking.

• Parking zone island minimum length18.5 ft

  Landscaping islands a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen and one-half (18.5) feet long are required at the end of each parking row.

• Parking zone island minimum width9 ft

  Landscaping islands a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen and one-half (18.5) feet long are required at the end of each parking row.

• Parking zone large deciduous tree per imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. area2,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./tree

  Included within the total required points for the parking zone shall be one (1) large deciduous tree per two thousand (2,000) square feet of impervious area within the parking zone.

• Parking zone maximum consecutive rows4 rows

  Parking lots shall include no more than four (4) consecutive rows of parking (no more than two (2) double rows of parking) without at least one (1) landscaping median

• Parking zone maximum spaces per field100 spaces

  Large parking lots shall be divided into smaller parking fields of no more than one hundred (100) spaces using landscaping medians

• Parking zone median minimum width5 ft

  without at least one (1) landscaping median, a minimum of five (5) feet wide, connecting landscaping islands to break up large parking areas.

• Parking zone minimum canopy coverage within 15 years30 pct

  the cumulative effect shall be to provide a minimum of thirty percent (30%) canopy coverage or shading of the parking zone within fifteen (15) years.

• Parking zone minimum landscaping points per 500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.60 points/500sqft

  Parking zones shall install a minimum of sixty (60) points of landscaping per five hundred (500) square feet of total parking zone area.

• Parking zone minimum shrub points20 pct

  A minimum of twenty percent (20%) of points shall be shrubs.

• Parking zone shrub minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at installation24 in

  Shrubs shall be a minimum of twenty-four (24) inches in height at the time of installation.

• Parking zone width10 ft

  The parking zone is a continuous perimeter buffer, ten (10) feet in width, surrounding the entire parking area