11-13-1: PURPOSE:
The purpose of the requirements in this chapter is to provide for landscaping and screening of parking and other outdoor areas that will:
(Ord. 91-553)
   A.   Protect residential environments from effects of more intensive adjacent uses;
   B.   Protect users of parking areas from excessive wind, glare and temperature extremes;
   C.   Reduce the adverse effects on public streets and adjacent properties of noise, blowing dust and debris and motor vehicle headlight glare;
   D.   Discourage unsafe access to and circulation within off street parking areas;
   E.   Allow for a degree of flexibility to accommodate property owners based upon unique site specific circumstances;
   F.   Contribute to improved community appearance and maintenance of property values;
   G.   Promote environmental conservation; and
   H.   Be functional with deciduous trees providing natural shading for windows in the summer and evergreen trees provided year round screening and protection from the winter wind.
(Ord. 86-382, 12-22-1986; amd. Ord. 20-20, 5-4-2020)