(1) Foundation planting areas required. Foundation planting areas shall be required for all new buildings and building additions in the R-6 District, the R-U District for multi-family dwellings or any special exception use, all commercial districts and all industrial districts as follows:
(a) In the case of a single use site or a primary building in an integrated center located in a commercial district, foundation planting areas are required along the front and each side of the building.
(b) In the case of a building located in the R-6 District, R-U District, on an out lot in a commercial district or any building located in an industrial district, the front, side and rear of the building shall have foundation planting areas.
(2) Foundation planting areas. Foundation planting areas shall be subject to the following requirements:
(a) Location. Foundation planting areas shall be calculated individually for each applicable front, side or rear of a building and shall be located along such front, side or rear of a building (except for those portions of the front or side of a building devoted to pedestrian ingress/egress, vehicular ingress/egress, loading or drop-off zones);
(b) Area. Foundation planting areas shall have a total area in square feet of not less than two feet times the length of the wall (two feet X length of wall = area for foundation planting) to which the foundation planting is oriented;
(c) Relationship to buildings. Foundation planting areas shall be located:
1. Adjacent to the building; or
2. So as to begin within 15 feet of the building (in the case of a sidewalk which runs adjacent to the building).
(d) Minimum dimension. Foundation planting areas shall maintain a minimum depth in the smallest dimension of six feet;
(e) Plant unit value. Foundation planting areas shall be landscaped with grass and shrubbery, trees or hedge, or in combination with other suitable ground cover materials and maintained as a foundation planting strip in compliance with the requirements for a Level 1 plantings as set forth in Table 4.7-B; and
(f) Overlap with perimeter yards. Foundation planting areas may overlap required perimeter yards landscaping provided that the plant unit value in such perimeter yard landscaping is equal to or greater than the total plant unit value required for the perimeter yard plus the overlapping foundation landscaping area.
(Ord. 21-97, passed - -1997; Ord. 3-2000, passed - -2000; Ord. 11-2004, passed 6-14-2004; Ord. 39-2006, passed 10-9-2006; Ord. 27-2007, passed - -2007)