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In the absence of paving for walks or dives, foundation plantings shall be planted and maintained along all front and side exterior walls of all buildings at the ratio of one twenty-four (24) inch spread evergreen shrub every five (5) lineal feet of exterior wall.
(Ord. 2017. Passed 1-26-17.)
(a) All parking areas shall contain a landscaped area of trees and shrubs greater than or equal to five percent (5%) of the internal parking and vehicular circulation area. Entrance drives through front or side yards or buffers are not counted as internal areas.
(b) Landscaped areas shall be distributed throughout the parking area. Rows of parking spaces shall be interrupted at least every fifteen (15) spaces by a planter island that is a minimum of eight (8) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet in length, or a parallel eight (8) foot planting strip shall separate rows of parking spaces.
Figure 1145-3: the graphic represents the two options for landscaped areas within parking lots. The top option illustrates the eight food planting strip and the bottom option illustrates parking islands every fifteen (15) spaces. |
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(c) Landscaping shall be provided as follows and shall be installed in the required landscape islands:
(1) Trees shall be provided at a rate of one tree for each ten (10) parking spaces in the R-1, R-2, R-3, and DT zoning districts and two (2) trees for each ten (10) parking spaces in the BAN, SP, and BAS zoning districts. Any fractional number shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
(2) Shrubs shall be provided at a rate of six (6) shrubs for each ten (10) parking spaces in the R-1, R-2, R-3, and DT zoning districts and three shrubs for each ten (10) parking spaces in the BAN, SP, and BAS zoning districts.
(3) One tree may be substituted by three (3) shrubs. Such substitutions may not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the required number of trees.
(4) Trees and shrubs may be grouped; they do not have to be equally spaced.
(d) All parking spaces shall be within 125 feet of a landscaped area.
(e) No internal landscaping is required for lots less than fifteen (15) spaces.
(f) No landscaping shall obscure visibility at a vehicular intersection within the parking area or other area or other areas where clear visibility is necessary to assure safe circulation. Where safe visibility is impaired, canopy trees shall have branches removed from the trunk at least five (5) feet above the ground and shrubs and groundcover shall not exceed two (2) feet in height. Evergreen trees and understory trees that would impair visibility for safe circulation shall not be planted in these areas.
(g) Any landscape area provided under this section shall not contain bare soil.
(Ord. 2017. Passed 1-26-17.)
(a) The Board of Site Arrangement, the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Planning Commission, or the City Council may approve modifications to the bufferyard requirements in conjunction with a review of a site for new construction, building addition, site development, PUD, conditional use, or for any other action that requires Board, Commission, or Council approval. A decision shall be based on any of the following criteria:
(1) The specific conditions that are unique to the applicant's land and the unique conditions or circumstances are not the result of actions of the applicant subsequent to the adoption of this chapter.
(2) The manner in which the strict application of the provision of this chapter would deprive the applicant of a reasonable use of the land in a manner equivalent to the use permitted to other landowners in the same zoning district.
(3) The modification shall preserve, not harm, the public safety and welfare, and shall not alter the essential character of the neighborhood.
(4) The applicant has demonstrated that the proposed bufferyard achieves the spirit of this chapter.
(5) The applicant has proposed green infrastructure elements such as bioswales or rain gardens.
(b) The Board of Site Arrangement, the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Planning Commission, or the City Council may also approve the use of existing trees to be counted towards bufferyard and landscaping requirements.
(Ord. 2017. Passed 1-26-17.)
(a) All landscaping materials shall be installed and maintained according to accepted nursery industry procedures.
(b) The owner of the property shall be responsible for the continued property maintenance of all landscaping materials, and shall keep them in proper, neat, and orderly appearance, free from refuse and debris at all times.
(c) All unhealthy or dead plant material shall be replaced within six months, or by the next planting period, whichever comes first, by plant material similar in type to that which was removed.
(Ord. 2017. Passed 1-26-17.)
Violation of these installation and maintenance provisions shall be grounds for the building official to refuse a building occupancy permit, require replacement of the landscape materials, or institute legal proceedings to enforce the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 2017. Passed 1-26-17.)
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