For parking lots consisting of ten or more spaces, interior parking lot landscaping shall be required.
(A) Amount. One parking lot island shall be provided between every ten to 15 contiguous parking spaces. As part of the landscape plan approval, parking lot island locations may be varied based on specific site requirements or design scheme, but the total number of islands shall be no less than the amount required one island for every ten spaces. However, all rows of parking spaces shall be terminated by a parking lot island or landscaped area.
(B) Size of parking lot islands. Parking lot islands shall be the same dimension as the parking stall. Double rows of parking shall provide parking lot islands that are the same dimension as the double row.
(C) Design of planting areas. Parking lot islands or landscaped areas shall be at least 144 square feet in area and at least six inches above the surface of the parking lot and protected with concrete curbing, except where designed specifically for the absorption of stormwater. Such islands and landscaped areas shall be properly drained and irrigated as appropriate to the site conditions to ensure survivability.
(D) Type of landscape material. Shade trees shall be the primary plant materials used in parking lot islands and landscaped areas. Ornamental trees, shrubs, hedges and other plant materials may be used to supplement the shade tree plantings but shall not create visibility concerns for automobiles and pedestrians.
(E) Quantity of landscape material. A minimum of one shade tree shall be provided for every parking lot island or landscaped area. If the island extends the width of a double row, then two shade trees shall be provided.
(F) Groundcover. A minimum of 75% of every parking lot island shall be planted in turf or other live groundcover, perennials or ornamental grasses.
(Ord. 929, passed 1-25-11; Ord. 1076, passed 1-23-18) Penalty, see § 153.999