(a) Off-Street Parking Areas. Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which abuts a residential zoning district or public right-of-way by a masonry wall or solid wood fence. Such wall or fence shall be no higher than four feet and shall be maintained in good condition. Landscaping provided in lieu of such wall or fence shall consist of a strip of land not less than 15 feet in width planted with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four feet in height. This division shall apply to bed and breakfast inns regardless of the size of off-street parking area.
(1) All off-street parking areas shall provide one tree of no less than two inches caliper, for every six parking spaces. A minimum of 50% of the off-street parking trees shall be planted in parking lot islands. The remainder must be planted within ten feet of the perimeter of the parking lot.
A. Parking lot islands. Each landscaped tree island in a single loaded parking stall design shall have a minimum area of 162 square feet with a minimum width of nine feet. Each landscaped tree island located in a double loaded parking stall shall have a minimum area of 324 square feet, with a minimum width of nine feet.
(2) All parking lot islands and peninsulas shall be designed to provide a minimum of three feet in depth, for soil in a friable condition for healthy tree and plant growth.
(3) All trees shall be balled and burlapped or containerized/potted when planted. The top 18 inches of the burlap bag and cage shall be removed when planting.
(4) All trees shall be maintained in a healthy condition.
(Ord. 2021-20, passed 7-19-2021)