1. Minimum Landscaping. An area equivalent to at least 20 percent impervious surface of a property to be developed (excluding single-family and two-family dwellings) shall be planted as landscaped areas. The landscaped areas shall be designed and placed so as to achieve the maximum capture and filtration of storm water originating from the property.
2. Parking Lot Landscaping. Parking lots of more than five spaces shall plant live trees within and on the perimeter of the parking lots at the minimum ratio of one tree for every five parking spaces or fraction thereof. Canopy tree cover established on site shall be designed and planted in a manner that generally achieves a minimum of 50 percent coverage of paved surface at maturity.