The redevelopment of existing sites is key to furthering the City's goals of maintaining a healthy economy. Existing parking lots that do not comply with current screening and landscape standards present unique challenges. Imposing the same landscaping requirements to redeveloped sites as for new sites could become cost prohibitive and discourages the reinvestment into the community. The purpose of this section is to apply minimal landscaping requirements to enhance these existing properties. This section also promotes an urban tree canopy, assists with reducing the amount of impervious surfaces and fosters strong neighborhoods with successful commercial Districts.
This section applies only to sites where the property is being redeveloped. Redeveloped for purposes of this section means the expansion of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of a building or parking lot or the alteration of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the interior or exterior of the building. Furthermore, existing buildings, structures or parking lots that are maintained in their existing lawfully existing condition upon the adoption of this Ordinance can continue as non-conforming use in accordance with Section 1153.05.
(a) When a site is redeveloped, it shall provide a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet of landscaping for every three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet of parking lot area. These landscaped areas shall be clustered and placed strategically within the parking lot to provide visual curb appeal as approved by the City Planner or designee. Any decision of the City Planner or designee on visual curb appeal may be submitted to the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with Section 1157.07
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(Ord. 15-23. Passed 8-14-23.)