1272.03   COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS OF NEW AND EXISTING SITES.
   (a)   New Sites. No certificate of zoning compliance or building permit shall be issued, hereafter, for any site development or construction of any structure or vehicular use area, except where landscaping complies with this chapter.
   (b)   Existing Sites.  
      (1)   No structure or vehicular use area, including parking lots, shall be constructed or expanded, unless the minimum landscaping requirements of this chapter are met.
      (2)   Landscaping for the entire property shall not be required, unless the expansion is substantial. Expansion is substantial when:
         A.   No additional land is involved, but the square footage of the expansion or alteration exceeds twenty-five percent of the gross square footage of said structure.
         B.   Additional land is involved and the square footage of the expansion or alteration of the structure exceeds twenty-five percent of the existing land or the gross square footage of said structure, exclusive of expansion or alteration.
(Ord. 195-96. Passed 11-7-96.)