(A) Parking lot perimeter landscaping. All parking lots containing five or more parking spaces must be screened from public streets and sidewalks, public open space and adjacent properties by complying with one of the following perimeter landscaping options:
(1) A perimeter-landscaped area at least seven feet wide as measured from the property line, and encircled by a six-inch concrete curb with no ornamental fencing, masonry wall or wheel stops in the parking lot;
(2) A five- to seven-foot wide, landscaped perimeter area with ornamental fencing or masonry wall and a maximum two-foot car overhang area or no parking spaces adjacent to landscaping;
(3) A perimeter-landscaped area less than five feet wide; provided, ornamental fencing or masonry wall and wheel stops or curbing in the parking lot is installed to prevent car overhang into the landscaped area; or
(4) An ornamental fence or masonry wall without landscaping; provided that, a parkway exists adjacent to the site and is already planted to the minimum specifications of this section or is planted to such specifications by the applicant with the approval of the Community Development Director.
(B) Interior parking lot landscaping. The parking lot interior-landscaping requirements apply to new, private off-street parking lots of six spaces or more and to existing lots which are expanded by more than 25% of existing spaces to contain more than 15 spaces.
(1) Minimum standards.
(a) Parking lots with six to 100 spaces must have 5% of the total interior area landscaped.
(b) Parking lots with more than 100 spaces must have 10% of the interior area landscaped.
(2) Landscape islands. Landscaped islands must be spaced no more than 15 parking spaces apart. Internal landscaped diamonds must be at least 50 square feet in size and all other internal, landscaped islands must be at least 100 square feet in size with a minimum width of six feet.
(3) Required plant mix. Parking lots that contain six to 100 parking spaces must have internal plantings of at least two trees and five shrubs per ten spaces. Parking lots that contain more than 100 parking spaces must have at least two trees and five shrubs per 15 spaces.
(4) Perimeter landscaping credit. Perimeter landscaping in excess of the dimensions required in may be credited towards meeting the interior landscaping standards on a square-foot-per-square-foot basis.
(Ord. 12-172, passed 3-27-2012) Penalty, see § 162.99
(Prior Code, § 163.09)