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)