For purposes of clean air and overall environmental quality, the following requirements are established:
(a) Existing Trees. No existing tree exceeding two inches in diameter may be cut for commercial use without approval of the Planning Commission.
(b) Front Yards. Front yards shall contain at least one specimen tree of serviceable variety and quality per 50 feet of lot frontage as approved as part of the formal landscape plan.
(c) Landscaped Islands. All parking areas with a capacity of more than fifty parking spaces shall provide landscaped islands which shall be at least seven percent of the total area of the parking spaces, driveways and walkways. Serviceable plant material shall be provided and properly maintained in such landscaped islands.
(d) Parking Buffer. Parking areas and driveways referred to herein shall have a smoothly graded, stabilized surface and adequate drainage. When located in a side yard, a parking area shall not be nearer than five feet to the side lot line of a lot in any Country Home District, and all land lying between the edge of the parking area and the side lot line shall be kept free from refuse and debris and shall be landscaped and maintained with at least one hedge row of hardy shrubs, not less than five feet in height. Appropriate bumper guards, where needed, shall be provided and shall not be placed nearer than twenty-four inches to any buffer line, side line or rear property line. Lighting, if provided, shall be arranged so that adjacent resident areas will be shielded from any glare caused by the same.
(Ord. 78-5-2. Passed 5-2-78; Ord. 2016-12-7. Passed 12-6-16.)