(a) Interior vehicular use areas consist of all vehicular use areas except those parking spaces contiguous to a perimeter for which a landscape screen (hedge and trees) is required.
(b) At least fifteen (15) percent of the remaining interior vehicular use area shall be landscaped. Each separate landscaped area shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) square feet, with one shade tree required for each one hundred (100) square feet of required interior landscaping. All landscaped areas adjacent to parking areas shall be protected from vehicle encroachment by curbing or wheel stops. Specifically, curb-stops are to be so placed that landscape areas of less than five (5) foot widths are protected.
(c) A maximum of ten (10) continuous parking spaces are permitted without a landscape break. The landscape break shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet in length and eight (8) feet in width and include one (1) shade tree of an acceptable species. The shade tree shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in height with three (3) inch caliper. As an alternative, landscaped seven-foot wide center medians located between all lineal rows of which may face head-to-head may be provided, with one shade tree per sixty (60) lineal feet of median.
(d) A landscape island is required at the ends of each row of parking spaces-singular or head-to-head. Where singular, one (1) tree is required. Where head-to-head, two (2) trees are required. (Ord. 65-03. Passed 9-2-03.)