A. Applicability. An extensively landscaped frontage greenbelt shall be provided along public right-of-ways, but not including alleys. Plantings required to meet this section shall not be located within the public right-of-way. This requirement applies to all zoning districts except those districts defined in Section 1108.0300.
B. Requirements. Said frontage greenbelt shall include grass, trees and shrub plantings.
1. At least one tree must be provided for every 30 feet of lot frontage or fraction thereof. Trees are not required to be evenly spaced and may be clustered.
2. If a parking lot is proposed to be developed in the front of the property, the frontage greenbelt shall include a solid evergreen hedge planting to screen the parking lot so that no headlights of any vehicles can be seen from the public street. Low, undulating (horizontal and vertical) earth berms or decorative stone or brick walls (no concrete block), or ornamental metal fencing or combinations thereof may also be approved by the Planning Director.
3. Frontage greenbelts shall be a minimum width of 15 feet. For properties over 5 acres and/or those with over 500 feet of frontage, the frontage greenbelt shall be a minimum of 30 feet wide measured perpendicular from the street or place right-of-way abutting the property.
4. See also Section 1107.1202B.3. when within 50 feet of a Residential District.
5. Stormwater treatment facilities may occupy up to fifty (50%) percent of the frontage greenbelt provided they meet the criteria outlined in TMC Section 1108.0206 Stormwater Treatment Facilities. Retention and detention pond stormwater treatment facilities are not permitted within the required frontage greenbelt.
(Ord. 170-04. Passed 3-23-04; Ord. 156-16. Passed 4-26-16.)