Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Minimum caliper of 50% of deciduous shade trees in parking lots2.5 in
At least fifty percent (50%) of the deciduous shade trees required for installation in parking lots shall have a minimum caliper of two and one-half inches (2½").
Other
- Minimum ultimate heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of evergreen hedge in peripheral landscaping3 ft
An evergreen hedge or other durable landscape material of at least three feet (3') in ultimate height shall be planted within the landscape area
- Minimum width of landscape island at end of parking row10 ft
Each parking row shall terminate in a landscape island of not less than ten (10) feet in width
- Minimum depth of median strip between parking rows10 ft
Every fourth row of parking shall be separated by a median strip of not less than ten feet (10') in depth
- Minimum depth of peripheral landscaping around parking areas10 ft
A landscaping area at least ten (10) feet in depth shall be located between the abutting property lines and the parking, loading or other vehicular use area
- Shade trees per 50 feet for median strips over 50 feet1 tree per 50 ft
one (1) shade tree for every fifty feet (50') or fraction thereof shall be planted in median strips that exceed fifty feet (50') in length
- Shade trees per 50 linear feet of peripheral landscaping1 tree per 50 ft
One (1) shade tree shall be planted for each fifty (50) linear feet of the landscaping area
- Shade trees required per median strip1 tree
Such median strips shall be planted with at least one (1) tree per median strip
- Minimum trees and shrubs per 3,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. of landscape area
All other landscaped areas shall contain a number of trees equal to or in excess of one tree and two shrubs per 3,000 square feet of total landscape area provided.
- Maximum vehicle overhang into landscaped median2.5 ft
Parked vehicles may overhang a landscaped median strip no more than two and one-half feet (2½')
From the ordinance
Every fourth row of parking shall be separated by a median strip of not less than ten feet (10') in depth... Each parking row shall terminate in a landscape island of not less than ten (10) feet in width... All other landscaped areas shall contain a number of trees equal to or in excess of one tree and two shrubs per 3,000 square feet.