Landscaping is intended to provide visual separation of uses from streets and visual separation of compatible uses so as to soften the appearance of street, parking areas and building elevations.
(A) Required amount.
(1) If the parking area contains no more than 50 parking spaces, at least 25 square feet of landscape development for each parking space must be provided as described in division (B) below for each parking stall proposed.
(2) If the parking area contains more than 99 parking spaces, at least 50 square feet of landscape development for each parking space must be provided as described in division (B) below for each parking stall proposed.
(3) If the parking area contains more than 50, but less than 100 parking spaces, the Building and Zoning Administrator shall determine the required amount of landscaping by interpolating between 25 and 50 square feet for each parking space proposed. The area must be landscaped as described in division (B) below.
(4) All landscaping must be maintained and kept alive.
(5) Additional landscaping is required for developments in the Cardinal Square area, per the design guidelines stated in § 155.333.
(B) Design. Each area of landscaping must be at least 100 square feet of area in size and must be at least four feet in any direction. The area must contain at least one tree at least six feet in height. A minimum size of one and one-half inches in caliper must be met if it is deciduous. The remaining ground area must be landscaped with plant materials, grass, decorative mulch or unit pavers, as approved by the Zoning Administrator.
(1) A landscaped area must be placed at the interior end of each parking row in a multiple lane parking area. This area must be at least four feet wide and must extend the length of the adjacent parking stall.
(2) Plantings used to buffer a parking area, access or site development other than a building, may use any of the following alternative unless otherwise noted.
(a) Shrubs, a minimum of three and one-half feet in height, and living ground cover must be planted so that the ground will be covered within three years.
(b) Earth-mounding, an average of three and one-half feet in height, planted with shrubs or living ground cover so that the ground will be covered within three years.
(c) A combination of earth-mounding and shrubs to produce a visual barrier at least three and one-half feet in height.
(Ord. 06-14-Z, passed 10-3-2006; Ord. 06-14, passed 10-17-2006) Penalty, see § 155.999