(a) Individual Single Family Lots Exempted. Individual single family lots are exempt from the requirements of this chapter following the transfer of ownership from the developer or builder to the homeowner except that single family lot owners must maintain and replace street trees with trees on the approved tree list.
(b) New Sites. No Zoning Permit shall be issued hereafter for any site development or the construction or improvement of any building, structure or vehicular use except where landscaping for such development, construction has been approved as required by the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Existing Sites. No building, structure, or vehicular use area shall be constructed, altered, or expanded unless the minimum landscaping required by the provisions of this chapter is provided. In the case of an alteration or expansion, such landscaping shall be provided to the extent required only by the alteration or expansion, unless the alteration or expansion is substantial. If the alteration or expansion is substantial, then the minimum landscaping required shall be provided to the entire property. An alteration or expansion to an existing property is substantial when:
(1) In the case of a building or structure expansion which does not involve additional land, the square footage of the alteration or expansion exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the square footage of the existing building exclusive of the alteration or expansion; and
(2) In the case of an alteration or expansion involving both an existing building or structure and additional land, and, if applicable, additional structures or buildings, the area or square footage of the expanded or altered land or structure or building, respectively, exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the area or square footage of the existing land or structure or building, respectively, exclusive of the alteration or expansion.
(3) "Land" as use herein, includes land used for space, parking, or building purposes. (Ord. 05-08. Passed 2-25-08.)