Section G. - Parking Lot Landscaping

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• Maximum contiguous spaces (double-loading bay)30 spaces

  A median (or island) shall be constructed to separate no more than fifteen (15) contiguous perpendicular spaces for single-loading bays and thirty (30) for double-loading bays.

• Maximum contiguous spaces (single-loading bay)15 spaces

  A median (or island) shall be constructed to separate no more than fifteen (15) contiguous perpendicular spaces for single-loading bays and thirty (30) for double-loading bays.

• Parking lot interior tree requirement15 spaces

  All parking lots of thirty-one (31) or more spaces shall contain within the interior of the parking lot not less than one tree for every fifteen (15) continuous parking spaces or fraction thereof.

• Parking lot island width (parallel)10 ft

  Planting islands which are located parallel to the long dimension of a parking spaces shall have a minimum width of ten (10) feet and shall be designed to permit vehicular doors to open fully without impacting plant materials.

• Parking lot island width (perpendicular)6 ft

  Planting islands shall have a minimum width of six (6) feet to allow for bumper overhang and shall otherwise provide adequate width for the growth and maintenance of the intended landscape materials to be planted therein.

• Parking lot street buffer width5 ft

  Where a parking lot (or a private driveway providing access to a parking lot or building entry) abuts a public right-of-way for a city street, a landscaping strip of five (5) feet in width (not including the sidewalk) shall be located between the parking lot or private driveway and the right-of-way line.

• Parking lot street tree requirement40 ft

  A minimum of one tree for each forty (40) feet of property line common with the public right-of-way shall be planted in the landscaping strip.