Landscaping in the interior of parking lots shall be provided in accordance with the following requirements.
(a) For any parking area designed to accommodate 30 or more vehicles, a minimum of five percent (5%) of the parking lot shall be planted as landscaped island areas. For the purpose of this Section, the area of a parking lot shall be the total vehicular surface area including circulation aisles.
(b) Such islands shall be developed and distributed throughout the parking lot so as to provide visual and climatic relief from broad expanses of pavement.
(c) Each island shall be a minimum of 10 feet in any horizontal dimension
(d) Each island shall provide at least one major shade tree having a clear trunk height of at least 6 feet and a minimum caliper of 2 inches. Shrub plantings adjacent to a building along the perimeter of the parking lot, or in any part of a yard, shall not be counted as interior landscaping.
(Ord. 19-10. Passed 11-7-19.)