In order to reduce heat and glare and minimize the loss of natural vegetation common to the construction of parking facilities, landscaping shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following provisions, for every property that contains ten or more parking spaces.
(A) A landscaping plan, either as a separate document or as an element of a more inclusive development plan, shall accompany every application for an initial certificate of zoning compliance, in which the applicant would be required to provide ten or more spaces.
(B) Every landscaping plan shall at least include the following information:
(1) The proposed type, amount, size and spacing of all plantings, including trees, shrubbery and ground cover;
(2) The proposed size, construction materials and drainage of landscaped islands; and
(3) A sketch indicating the proposed spatial relationships of landscaped areas, parking spaces, automobile circulation and pedestrian movement.
(C) (1) Any portion of every parking space is required to be located within 55 feet of a landscaped island containing a minimum of one shade tree. Shade trees must be a canopy type and be no less than three-inch caliper size at the time of installation. Shade trees located within ten feet of perimeter area parking spaces may define the perimeter edge of the parking space nearest the perimeter shade tree as a landscaped island. Existing significant shade trees on said property may be used to satisfy the requirement of a shade tree.
(2) Exceptions:
(a) Accessible parking spaces are not required to be located within 55 feet of a landscaped island containing a minimum of one shade tree; and
(b) Interior parking rows of properly-maintained existing parking lots are not required to be located within 55 feet of a landscaped island containing a minimum of one shade tree.
(D) All plant materials specified in landscape plans required under this section that are dead or diseased shall be replaced in conformity with the approved plan with identical or like species in the size required by the plan.
(Prior Code, § 20-1309) (Ord. 1552, passed 6-1-2009; Ord. 1555, passed 10-5-2009; Ord. 1555, passed 10-5-2009; Ord. 1699, passed 3-17-2014)