Sec. 24-101(c)

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• Reduced landscape standards for industrial uses

  Landscape standards in section 24-96 and section 24-97 for certain landscape areas shall be reduced for all uses in M-2 or RT districts, or for industrial uses in M-1 districts, when the following requirements of this paragraph are met.

• Maximum imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover60 pct

  impervious cover shall not exceed 60 percent of the lot area

• No 2.5 inch caliper requirement for industrial landscape areas

  For such landscape areas, none of the deciduous trees shall be required to be of a 2.5 inch minimum caliper.

• Reduced rear landscape width for pre-1990 lots under 65,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.10 ft

  Along the rear property lines, such landscape area may be reduced to a minimum of ten feet in width or five percent of the average lot depth, whichever is greater, on lots less than 65,000 square feet which were recorded or legally in existence prior to July 3, 1990.

• Minimum side and rear landscape area width15 ft

  A landscape area adjoining all side and rear property lines shall be provided which is at least 15 feet in width.