Off-street parking areas shall be landscaped as follows:
(A) (1) An area equal to at least 5% of the total parking area shall be used for interior landscaping, in off-street parking areas containing greater than 150 spaces.
(2) Whenever possible, parking lot landscaping shall be arranged to improve the safety of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, guide traffic movement, and improve the appearance of the parking area;
(B) Parking lot landscaping shall be no less than 5 feet in any single dimension and no less than 150 square feet in any single area and shall be protected from parking areas with curbing, or other permanent means to prevent vehicular encroachment onto the landscaped areas;
(C) The landscape plan shall designate the sizes, quantities, and types of plant material to be used in parking lot landscaping;
(D) Required landscaping elsewhere on the parcel shall not be counted in meeting the parking lot landscaping requirements; and
(E) A minimum of 1 deciduous tree shall be planted in each landscaped area.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 21.06)