(a) In a Shopping Center District, not less than five percent of the land area in addition to buildings and required yards shall be permanently reserved for and developed in landscaped pedestrian courts or malls. Not less than an additional five percent of the land area within the parking areas, in addition to the required yards, shall be permanently reserved for and developed in planted areas. Such areas shall be not less than ten feet in any dimension and shall be distributed throughout the parking area so as to define parking areas and to interrupt the vast expanse of pavement.
(b) In all Commercial Zoning Districts, all of the screening and buffering regulations of Chapter 1199 must be met. In addition, the Planning Commission may require, in a Shopping Center District, that an applicant install a fence or wall where necessary to protect Residential Districts that are across the street from a Shopping Center District.
(c) In the Office Building District, all parking areas with a capacity of more than fifty parking spaces shall provide landscaped islands which shall be at least seven percent of the total area of the parking spaces, driveways and walkways. Plant material shall be provided and properly maintained in such landscaped islands.
(Ord. 51-93. Passed 7-19-93.)