22.414.080

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• Drought-tolerant and non-invasive plants required

  All plants provided for required landscaping shall be drought-tolerant and include only non-invasive plant species.

• Landscaping equipment must be electric

  Landscaping equipment used for maintenance, such as lawn mowers and leaf blowers, shall be electric and non-combustion powered.

• Building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exclusions

  Building height shall exclude chimneys, rooftop antennas, elevator shafts, and stairwells.

• Low Impact Development requirements not exempt for parcels <1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

  parcels subject to this Chapter 22.84 and less than one acre in size shall not be exempt from Low Impact Development requirements.

• Minimum floor-to-ceiling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for retail ground floor15 ft

  Minimum floor-to-ceiling height of the ground floor for a retail use in a development shall be 15 feet.

• Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. landscaping requirements

  Required solid walls along street frontages shall be set back by landscaping of a minimum of five feet in depth... One 15-gallon tree for every 100 square feet of landscaped area shall be planted and spaced 10 feet apart. All plants shall be drought-tolerant and non-invasive.

• Tree density in landscaped areas1 per 100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  One 15-gallon tree for every 100 square feet of landscaped area

• Tree planting and maintenance per Chapter 22.126

  Tree planting and maintenance requirements shall comply with Chapter 22.126 (Tree Planting Requirements)

• Tree spacing10 ft

  spaced 10 feet apart