Any open vehicular use area containing more than six thousand (6,000) square feet of area or twenty (20) or more vehicular parking spaces shall provide interior landscaping in addition to the previously required perimeter landscaping.
(A) Landscaped area. For each one hundred (100) square feet or fraction thereof, of vehicular use area, five (5) square feet of landscaped area shall be provided.
(1) Minimum area. The minimum landscape area permitted shall be sixty-four (64) square feet, with a dimension of at least eight (8) feet.
(2) Maximum contiguous area. In order to encourage the required landscape areas to be properly dispersed, no required landscape area shall be larger than three hundred fifty (350) square feet in vehicular use areas under thirty thousand (30,000) square feet in size, and no required area shall be larger than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet in vehicular use areas over thirty thousand (30,000) square feet in both cases, the least dimension of any required area shall be eight (8) feet. Landscape areas larger than above are permitted as long as the additional area is in excess of the required minimum .
(B) Minimum trees. A minimum of one (1) tree shall be required for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet or fraction thereof, of required landscape area. Trees shall have a clear trunk of at least five (5) feet above the ground, and the remaining area shall be landscaped with shrubs, or ground cover, not to exceed two (2) feet in height.
(Ord. passed 1-9-73)
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Cross reference:
Landscape Zoning Ordinance for Lexington-Fayette County, see § 20.32