(a) Off-Street Parking Requirements.
(1) Whenever a wall, as provided in Section 1262.02, is required, all land between said wall and the boundaries of the P-1 District shall be kept free from refuse or debris and shall be landscaped. The landscaped area adjacent to the wall shall be planted with deciduous shrubs, evergreens and/or ornamental trees.
(2) Fruit trees shall not be used. Where the arrangement of plant material will result in exposure of the walls, said walls shall be covered with ivy, spirea border or similar plant material. The remainder of the landscaped area which is not planted with the aforementioned stock shall be in well-kept lawn. All landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition, neat and orderly in appearance.
(3) All planting plans shall be first submitted to the Building Official for approval as to suitability of planting materials and arrangement thereof in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the requirements of Section 1262.02.
(b) Greenbelts.
(1) Greenbelts intended to serve as a buffer between residential and nonresidential land uses and as beautification for land uses in other places shall not be less than 20 feet wide, unless a smaller width is found to be appropriate to the size and scale of the lot upon which the greenbelt is to be placed.
(2) Plantings shall be designed and arranged in accordance with the minimum requirements specified below and shall be so maintained that within two years after being planted, they shall form a complete screen not less than four feet in height.
A. An evergreen tree of one or more of the following types shall be placed every ten feet:
1. Medium Evergreens
a. Black Spruce (Picea mariana)
b. Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
c. White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
2. Columnar Evergreens
a. Columnar Juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
b. Irish Juniper (Juniperus communis)
c. Pyramidal Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis “Pyramidalis”)
B. Interspaced among the evergreen trees shall also be a selection of the following shrubs:
1. Ornamental Trees (two-year-old varieties spaces at least six feet apart)
a. Eastern Redbud (Cercis Canadensis)
b. Flowering Cherry (Prunus)
c. Flowering Crabapple (Malus)
d. Flowering Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
e. Magnolia
f. Mountain Ash (Sorbus (Americana)
g. River Birch (Betula nigra)
h. Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
i. Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
j. Serviceberry (Amalanchier)
k. Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)
2. Large Deciduous shrubs (two-year-old varieties spaced at least three feet apart)
a. Burning Bush (Euonymus)
b. Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
c. Forsythia
d. Honeysuckle (Lonicera)
e. Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
f. Mockorange (Philadelphus x virginalis)
g. Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
h. Smoke Bush (Cotinus coggygria)
i. Viburnum.
(Ord. 2017-02. Passed 2-13-17.)