The Landscape Parkway is intended to provide a landscaped area between the roadway and adjacent development to provide shade and visual enhancement along the public right-of-way. Additional facilities are encouraged with pedestrian sidewalks, crosswalks and other amenities to create a desirable environment.
a. A minimum number of parkway trees are required per lineal feet of frontage for all development. On a corner lot, the requirements of this section apply along both frontages. The parkway must contain a minimum of one (1) canopy tree per forty (40') linear feet, or fraction thereof, of the entire road frontage.
b. The parkway must be planted with grass or low ground cover, except where occupied by trees, tree grates or equivalent, paved areas for outdoor seating, site furnishings or other pedestrian amenities, driveway pavement, plant materials, or decorative brick pavers.
c. Parkway trees consist of recommended shade tree species unless overhead utilities exist or if the street is known to be subject to widening in the future.
d. Parkway design must ensure adequate sight visibility for motorists, adequate clearance for pedestrians and vehicles, allow for visibility of businesses and storefronts in a commercial area and clearance from overhead utility lines.
e. Evergreen trees are not allowed in any parkway.
f. Trees must be planted on the centerline of parkways or as close to five (5') feet from the sidewalk as possible, whichever distance is greater, and located so as not to interfere with overhead wires, traffic or pedestrian safety.
g. Other than trees, no landscaping in the parkway may be taller than three (3') feet. No landscaping taller than two (2') feet may be located within six (6') feet of fire hydrants or buffalo boxes.
h. Loose stone, rock, or gravel is prohibited in public parkways. Compacted cobbles, flagstone, or other rocks may be approved if compacted firmly into the ground or mortared, reducing risk of being scattered in the street, as determined by the Town.
(Ord. No. 2021-30, § 1, 11-10-21)