Parking areas shall comply with the following minimum standards.
(A) All uses required to have 20 or more off-street parking spaces shall have at least ten square feet of interior landscaping within the paved portion of the parking area for each parking space, and at least one tree for every ten parking spaces or remaining fraction thereof.
(B) Each interior landscaped area shall contain a minimum of 200 square feet and shall be planted with shrubs and trees.
(C) A landscaped area shall be provided along the perimeter of any parking area. The required landscaped area shall have a minimum width of five feet and shall be planted with two canopy trees and ten shrubs per 100 linear feet of perimeter area. Two medium or small trees may substitute for each required canopy tree in areas near overhead power lines and existing buildings.
(D) Interior landscaped areas shall be spaced throughout the lot to reduce the visual impact of long rows of parked cars. At a minimum, landscaped areas shall be distributed approximately once every ten spaces for residential and once every 15 spaces for other types of development.
(E) Landscaped areas shall be provided at the ends of parking aisles and shall be planted with shrubs and/or trees.
(F) The required number of parking spaces may be reduced by one parking space for each 150 square feet of interior planting area, not exceeding 10% of the entire parking area.
(Ord. passed 9-3-1986; Ord. passed 5-6-2008)