The landscaping requirements and regulations provided in this chapter are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To promote the safety of pedestrians by separating and defining pedestrian circulation from parking areas, driveways and loading-unloading zones;
(b) To promote an orderly environment by the screening and buffering of objectionable views of open parking areas, loading-unloading zones, accessory buildings and utilities;
(c) To promote dust and erosion control through the provision of grass and other serviceable ground covers;
(d) To promote the environmental control of wind, sun, rain and snow; and
(e) To promote health and environmental quality by the preservation of existing trees and vegetation and the provision of overall minimum landscape requirements.
(Ord. 72-4-6. Passed 5-2-72.)