In addition to required screening, all off-street parking areas, except in the Central Business CB district, shall be landscaped as follows:
(a) Landscaping Ratio. Off-street parking areas containing greater than ten (10) parking spaces shall be provided with at least ten (10) square feet of interior landscaping per parking space Landscaped areas may include water quality features such as bio-swales or wetlands, trees, grass, shrubs, and other plant material so as to cover the landscape area. See Figure 1137-C.
(b) Minimum Area. Landscaped areas in parking lots shall be no less than five (5) feet in any single dimension and no less than one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area. Locations shall be scattered throughout the parking area to break up large areas of pavement.
(c) Other Landscaping. Required landscaping elsewhere on the parcel shall not be counted in meeting the parking lot landscaping requirements.
(d) Required Plantings. Requirements for plant material shall be based on the location, size, and shape of the parking lot landscaped area. A minimum of one (1) shrub shall be planted per seventy-five (75) square feet or fraction thereof of interior parking lot landscaping, and one (1) tree shall be planted per three hundred (300) square feet or fraction thereof of interior landscaped area. At least fifty percent (50%) of each interior landscaped area shall be covered by living plant material, such as sod, shrubs, ground cover, or trees.
Figure 1137-C: Illustration of the landscaped areas (darkened landscaped islands) that count towards the minimum interior parking area requirement.
(Ord. 30-22. Passed 12-12-22.)