(a) Minimum Landscape Coverage and Perimeter Landscape Area.
(1) Table 21.66.040 sets forth landscape coverage and location requirements by zoning district. In the case of a planned unit development (PUD), the PUD document shall set forth the standards.
(2) The minimum requirements for perimeter landscape areas may include access driveways and sidewalks required for vehicles and pedestrians. However, the required perimeter landscaping shall not include any landscaped areas required for any parking area, as set forth in Section 21.68.120.
Table 21.66.040 Minimum Landscape Requirements by Zoning District | ||||
Zoning District | Minimum Landscape Coverage Required | Minimum Width of Landscape Strip Abutting Street | Minimum Width of Landscape Strip Abutting Interior Property Line | Minimum Width of Landscape Strip Abutting Residential District/Use |
Table 21.66.040 Minimum Landscape Requirements by Zoning District | ||||
Zoning District | Minimum Landscape Coverage Required | Minimum Width of Landscape Strip Abutting Street | Minimum Width of Landscape Strip Abutting Interior Property Line | Minimum Width of Landscape Strip Abutting Residential District/Use |
Residential: | ||||
- R-1 | 20%1 | 20 ft.2 | N/A | N/A |
- R-3 and R-4 | 20% | 10 ft. | 5 ft. | 10 ft. |
C-O, C-1, C-4 | 15% | 10 ft. | 5 ft. | 10 ft. |
C-F | 15% | 15 ft. | 5 ft. | 10 ft. |
M-2 | 10% | 10 ft. | 5 ft. | 10 ft. |
Notes:
1. No less than 50 percent of the required front yard area of any single-family lot shall be maintained with a pervious surface.
2. If a solid 6-foot-high fence encloses the street side yard of a single-family lot, this requirement shall not apply.
(b) Street Trees.
(1) Street trees shall be required on all city streets. The number of street trees shall be determined by dividing the length of property frontage, including driveway width, by forty, with the resultant number being the required number of trees. Fractional numbers shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
(2) Additional tree planting may be required as part of a subdivision or project condition of approval.
(c) Landscape of Unused and Undeveloped Portions of a Site. All areas of a site not intended for a specific use or purpose in conjunction with a current application, including vacant or undeveloped pad sites in shopping centers held for future development, shall be fully landscaped and irrigated with an automatic irrigation system. Landscaping shall include a combination of trees, shrubs, ground cover, turf, and/or approved decorative landscape materials, as approved by the community development director and public works director.
(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).