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The parking facility plan shall show the location and design of entrances and exits to public roads; the location and size of all buildings and structures; the location of parking spaces, directional markings, traffic-control devices and signs; walls and fences; landscape areas; slopes or berms; change of grades; planting materials, including the type and names of the materials to be planted; and such other information as required by either the director or the planning board. The parking facility plan shall be prepared with careful regard to the objectives for parking facilities enumerated in section 59-E-4.2 and the relationship between the parking facility and surrounding commercial, industrial, or residential improvements. Parking areas, therefore, shall be located so as to prevent an adverse effect on such adjoining or neighboring properties. Shrubs, trees, walls, fences, berms or other materials used as a screen shall be of a permanent nature, requiring as little maintenance as possible. Planting strips in which trees or other natural growth are located shall be of sufficient width or shall be so designed so that the plantings and trees are protected from vehicles in accordance with section 59-E-2.74. Trees and plants shall not be of a variety that contains offensive or injurious gum, moisture, fruit or seed droppings. Plantings and structures shall be located with due regard to traffic safety and effective mechanical snow removal.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 10-32, § 12.)
Editor’s note—Section 59-E-4.4 is quoted in Capital Commercial Properties, Inc. v. Montgomery County Planning Board, 158 Md. App. 88, 854 A.2d 283 (2004).