(A) Landscaping must be provided within all parking lots that provide parking for ten or more vehicles to break up the monotony of asphalt paving, provide shade, reduce reflected heat and encourage a unified site design that provides continuity between the building areas and the parking areas.
(B) A minimum of 5% of the total area of the parking lot must be landscaped, exclusive of any required perimeter planting adjacent to a public right-of-way but inclusive of any landscaped buffer area provided between parking lots and buildings.
(C) A minimum of one tree must be provided for every eight parking spaces. In no case may fewer than two trees be provided. All trees to be installed must be a minimum 24-inch-box size. The trees must be distributed throughout the parking area, using a combination of interior and perimeter planters and must be located to achieve uniform shade coverage.
(D) All landscaped areas must be contained within concrete or masonry curbing no less than six inches high. No dimension of a landscaped area may be less than five feet.
(E) All landscaped areas must be provided with an underground, automated irrigation system.
(F) All landscaped areas must be maintained in a neat and healthy condition.
(G) Any unused space resulting from the design of a parking area must be landscaped.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04; Am. Ord. 1172, passed 7-2-07)