Article VIII, Landscaping and Screening

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• Additional landscaping points per parking 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 area 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

• Minimum landscaping island length for double row37 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.

• Additional landscaping island required every N spaces8 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.

• Minimum landscaping island 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.

• Minimum landscaping island 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.

• Large deciduous tree required 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.

• Minimum median width for large parking lot fields15 ft

  using landscaping medians which are a minimum of fifteen (15) feet wide

• Maximum consecutive parking rows without median4 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

• Maximum parking spaces per field in large lots100 spaces

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

• Minimum landscaping median width between rows5 ft

  without at least one (1) landscaping median, a minimum of five (5) feet wide

• Minimum canopy coverage of parking zone within 15 years30 pct

  Parking zone landscaping shall be distributed across the parking area so that 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.

• 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. of parking zone60 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.

• Minimum shrub 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.

• Minimum percentage of landscaping points as shrubs20 pct

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

• Parking zone width10 ft

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

• Minimum pedestrian walkway width in large lot medians5 ft

  including a pedestrian walkway which is at least five (5) feet wide.

• Regular use days per week for full landscaping requirement5 days/week

  and is used regularly for at least five (5) days a week