(A) Parking lots for non-residential uses shall have minimum interior perimeter planting areas of 10 feet width adjacent to a residential district and five feet adjacent to other districts.
(B) A parking lot in any district having parking adjoining a street shall have a frontage planting area reflecting the setback of the street.
(C) All other landscaped areas shall be a minimum of five feet in width.
(D) The end of each row of parking stalls shall be separated from driveways by a landscaped planter, sidewalk, or other means.
(E) No more than 10 consecutive parking spaces should be allowed in any row of parking without a parking lot landscape island extending from a landscape strip.
(F) Where standard spaces are adjacent and perpendicular to landscaping, the required planting area shall be increased two feet in depth by decreasing the length of the parking stall by two feet. Where autos will overhang into both sides of an interior landscaped strip or well, the minimum curb-to-curb interior planter dimension shall be six feet. Compact spaces are not eligible for this provision.
(G) The design and location of parking lot landscape areas shall be consistent with the storm water control plan.
(H) Parking lot landscape area shall be excavated to an adequate depth based on a soils analysis to ensure the health of the plant material, and to aid in achieving a mature parking lot tree canopy.
(Ord. 897-C-S, passed 10-25-94; Am. Ord. 1064-C-S, passed 12-13-05) Penalty, see § 9-5.2904