SECTION:
13.77.010: Purpose
13.77.020: Applicability
13.77.030: Application Requirements
13.77.040: Property (Non-Parking Lot) Landscaping Standards
13.77.050: Minimum Landscaping Requirements By Zone
13.77.060: Parking Lot/Parking Structure Landscaping
13.77.070: Landscape Buffers
13.77.080: Tree Canopy Sustainability
13.77.090: Street/Community/Waterway Tree Sustainability
13.77.100: Planting Guidelines
13.77.110: Landscape Maintenance
13.77.120: Installation
13.77.130: Administrative Relief
A. The intent of this chapter is to consolidate and clarify the various sections in this title which previous to adoption of this chapter addressed landscaping regulations for all zones within the City.
B. The regulations of this chapter are intended to set landscaping standards in the City of Holladay that will improve community livability, preserve the quality of life, and enhance the aesthetic quality, economic viability, and environmental sustainability of the City by promoting:
1. More efficient use of water resources;
2. Preservation and enhancement of the City’s environmental and aesthetic character;
3. Promotion of design continuity between adjacent land uses;
4. Preservation, enhancement, and expansion of the city’s tree canopy;
5. Improved management of stormwater runoff;
6. Reduction in the absorption and re-generation of heat from paved vehicular parking areas and other impervious surfaces;
7. Promotion of screening and buffering between land uses by way of providing adequate vegetation;
8. Reduction of landscape maintenance costs.
C. Landscaping can be a significant expense to businesses and residents. At the same time, landscaping improves the livability of residential neighborhoods, enhances the appearance and customer attraction of commercial areas, increases property values, improves the compatibility of adjacent uses, screens undesirable views, and can reduce heat and air and noise pollution.
D. The intent of these regulations is to achieve a balance between the right of individuals to develop and maintain their property in a manner they prefer and the rights of City residents to live, work, shop, and recreate in pleasant, healthy, and attractive surroundings.
E. These regulations are intended in part to accommodate Localscapes®, design aspects encouraging the use of water conserving landscape designs and low water use plant materials irrigated by drip type water systems and to discourage landscaping that requires high water use for maintenance while preserving Holladay’s unique tree canopy, character and inventory.
F. The City’s street tree/community tree program and its recognition as a tree city sets the standard for public and private property management of the valuable, historic tree coverage that gives Holladay a unique environment not generally found in other areas of the region. (Ord. 2013-22, 9-5-2013; amd. Ord. 2018-18, 11-8-2018; Ord. 2022-14, 6-16-2022; Ord. 2023-09, 9-7-2023)
1. New Development. Standards of this title shall be applied to all new development including surface or at-grade parking areas and the exterior perimeter of parking structures
2. Existing Development. Development in existence at the effective date of this chapter shall be brought into compliance with these provisions if:
a. Commercial, Mixed-use, Multi Household, Manufacturing: The gross floor area is expanded by more than twenty percent (20%),
b. Single household and/or duplex developments: The gross floor area is expanded by fifty percent (50%).
c. An existing off-street parking area is expanded by ten (10) parking stalls.
3. Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following:
a. The interior undercover portions of parking structures;
b. The interior undercover portions of carports
4. Administrative Relief. If the location of existing buildings or other structures prevents conformance with the requirement of this section or if implementation would create nonconformity, the Planning Commission may grant relief from these standards as per section 13.77.130 of this chapter.
C. Certificate of Occupancy. All required landscaping shall be installed within one year of issuance of Certificate of Occupancy. (Ord. 2023-09, 9-7-2023)
A. All landscape plans shall comply with the requirement for size, scale, number of copies and contents that are required by chapter 13.03 of this title.
B. The landscape plans may be on the same site plan used to show parking layout, setback compliance, etc.
C. All landscape plans except those required for single-family homes on individual lots shall be prepared by a landscape architect, landscape designer, or qualified arborist or nurseryman. (Ord. 2013-22, 9-5-2013)
All landscaping as defined by section 13.04.040 of this title shall be highly water efficient and designed to preserve and generally enhance desirable natural features (i.e., topography, waterways, existing vegetation, etc.), enhance architectural features of the building, strengthen vistas and provide shade for the project as well as its customers and employees. The following general standards apply to all required landscaping covered under this title, except for single-family homes on individual lots.
A. Perimeter Property Landscaping: The purpose of perimeter landscaping is to ensure the long term and consistent maintenance of highly water efficient landscaping along streets, to improve the visual quality of the streetscape, unify diverse architecture and carry out the long term goals of the City of Holladay promoting attractive streets and street beautification. Perimeter landscaping includes both landscaping in all required setback areas and any required buffer landscaping. Perimeter landscaping requirements are regulated by section 13.77.050 of this chapter. Further, distinct parking lot periphery and internal landscaping standards are found hereafter (see section 13.77.060).
B. Internal Property Landscaping Requirements/Recommendations: The purpose of the internal landscaping standards is not to restrict the use of locally adapted and sustainable landscaping but encourage design implementation to visually soften the mass of buildings and to visually separate building areas and development within the City. The following internal landscaping requirements and recommendations are intended to augment the perimeter landscaping requirements as required by section 13.77.050 of this chapter:
1. A minimum of one tree shall be required for every three hundred (300) square feet of the required internal landscaping area. Up to five percent (5%) of the required trees may be substituted by shrubs. Ten (10) shrubs with a minimum container size of five (5) gallons shall be required for each substituted tree.
2. The location of the internal landscaping area shall abut those building elevations which form the major public views of the project from abutting streets and property and to the users of the project, or within a plaza or courtyard between buildings or portions of buildings, or in a similar area which substantially conforms to the stated purpose of the required internal landscaping standards set forth herein and approved by the Planning Commission.
3. Landscaping around the base of a structure is recommended to visually “soften” the edge between the parking lot and building and to also discourage graffiti.
4. Building entries should be emphasized with special landscaping and/or paving in combination with lighting.
C. Berming: Berming at the edge of the building in conjunction with the landscaping may be used to soften and screen parking areas, reduce structure mass and height along street facades, and contain or direct stormwater runoff. Berms may not encroach into any clear view area of a street or driveway.
D. Hardscape Materials: Decorative paving materials such as bricks, pavers, flagstones, decorative gravels, artificial turf, and textured concrete may be utilized if they form a useful open space, add color or texture to the design, and comply with the purpose and intent of this section. Untextured concrete or lava rocks are not permissible hardscape materials. All impervious hardscape areas within a landscaped area must be considered as part of the overall impervious surface coverage allowance as required by other provisions of this title.
E. Landscaping Irrigation: Generally, landscaping emplaced in conjunction with newly or re-developing construction on site and in parking lot areas shall be irrigated with an efficiently designed drip sprinkler system which automatically adjusts to frequency and duration of irrigation events in response to changing weather conditions, i.e rain delay/shut off capabilities. Said system will be designed and maintained to limit waste and watershed onto adjoining public right(s) of way. (Ord. 2013-22, 9-5-2013; amd. Ord. 2015-02, 2-5-2015; Ord. 2021-27, 10-14-2021; Ord. 2022-14, 6-16-2022)
The following requirements are the minimum landscaped area required by each zone except where modified by the Planning Commission as an administrative relief allowed by section 13.77.130 of this chapter. Landscape features shall incorporate Localscapes® (as defined 13.04.040) design elements meant to reduce, minimize and/or eliminate water use by activity area:
A. Single-Family Residential Zones (FR, R-1): The front yard of all lots on which buildings are located shall be landscaped prior to the issuance of a final certificate of occupancy or final inspection, except as provided in 13.77.120 C. of this chapter.
B. Multiple-Family Residential Zones (R-2, R-M): The minimum landscaping coverage in percent for all lots in the Multi-Family Zones are as follows:
1. A minimum of forty percent (40%) of the total site shall be landscaped.
2. Lawn shall not exceed 20% of the total landscaped area outside of the active recreation area, as defined the Localscapes design principle.
3. No area of lawn shall be less than eight feet (8') in width.
4. Lawn shall not be installed in park strips, paths, or on slopes greater than 25% or 4:1 grade.
5. A minimum landscaped buffer averaging five feet (5') wide as required by section 13.77.070 of this chapter shall be provided along the side and rear property lines.
C. Office, Research Park And Development Zone (O-R-D):
1. A minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the total site shall be landscaped.
2. Lawn shall not exceed 20% of the total landscaped area outside of the active recreation area, as defined the Localscapes design principle.
3. No area of lawn shall be less than eight feet (8') in width.
4. Lawn shall not be installed in park strips, paths, or on slopes greater than 25% or 4:1 grade.
5. A minimum landscaped buffer averaging five feet (5') wide as required by section 13.77.070 of this chapter shall be provided along the side and rear property lines.
6. Where a side or rear yard abuts a residential use or Residential Zone boundary the entire setback area shall be landscaped.
D. Neighborhood Commercial Zone (NC):
1. All front setback areas and the side setback areas which abut a public street on corner lots shall be landscaped.
2. Lawn shall not exceed 20% of the total landscaped area outside of the active recreation area, as defined the Localscapes design principle.
3. No area of lawn shall be less than eight feet (8') in width.
4. Lawn shall not be installed in park strips, paths, or on slopes greater than 25% or 4:1 grade.
5. A minimum landscaped buffer averaging five feet (5') wide as required by section 13.77.070 of this chapter shall be provided along the side and rear property lines.
E. PO, C-1 And C-2 Commercial Zones:
1. The front setback area and the side setback area which faces on a street on corner lots shall be landscaped.
2. Lawn shall not exceed 20% of the total landscaped area outside of the active recreation area, as defined the Localscapes design principle.
3. No area of lawn shall be less than eight feet (8') in width.
4. Lawn shall not be installed in park strips, paths, or on slopes greater than 25% or 4:1 grade
5. A minimum landscaped buffer averaging five feet (5') wide as required by section 13.77.070 of this chapter shall be provided along the side and rear property lines.
F. Residential Office Zone (RO):
1. The first twenty feet (20') in depth of the front setback and/or front yard shall be landscaped.
2. Lawn shall not exceed 20% of the total landscaped area outside of the active recreation area, as defined the Localscapes design principle.
3. No area of lawn shall be less than eight feet (8') in width.
4. Lawn shall not be installed in park strips, paths, or on slopes greater than 25% or 4:1 grade
5. Other setback areas which abut a public street shall be landscaped.
6. A minimum landscaped buffer averaging five feet (5') wide as required by section 13.77.070 of this chapter shall be provided along the side and rear property lines.
G. Holladay Village Zone (HV): Landscaping is not required in the HV Zone except for the requirements of subsection 13.71.080K, “Buffer Standards For Proposed Development Abutting Residential Property Not In The HV Zone”, of this title.
H. Holladay Crossroads Zone (HCR): General Property Landscaping (Non-Parking Lot): Landscaping shall only be required in buffer areas where an HCR zoned property abuts a residentially zoned property, and, in parking lots as specified above. Notwithstanding, in cases where a use is conditionally approved by the Planning Commission to be emplaced in the HCR Zone, the Commission may require emplacement of additional property landscaping. All landscaping installed in the HCR Zone shall comply with relevant planting and maintenance regulations that govern landscaping and buffering in section 13.77 of this title -- as well as the Tree Canopy Sustainability Ordinance’s standards.
I. P, R/M-U, and LU Zones:
1. All required front and side yard areas that abut a public street shall be landscaped.
2. A minimum landscaped buffer averaging five feet (5') wide as required by section 13.77.070 of this chapter shall be provided along the side and rear property lines.(Ord. 2019-03, 2-28-2019; amd. Ord. 2021-09, 4-8-2021; Ord. 2022-14, 6-16-2022; Ord. 2023-09, 9-7-2023; Ord. 2023-10, 9-7-2023)
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