(A) Interior parking areas shall be landscaped in addition to the required landscaped buffer strip. Trees must be provided in each parking lot at a minimum average density of 1 shade tree (2-inch caliper minimum) for each 15 parking spaces provided, or any fraction thereof. In the case of mini warehouses, such parking spaces shall be determined by the number of parallel parking spaces contained in the required loading and unloading lanes.
(B) The minimum area to be set aside per tree planted is 140 square feet. The minimum width for any 1 dimension of a parking lot planting space shall be 8 feet.
(C) Additionally, interior parking lot landscaping shall include a minimum area equal to 6.5% of the total project area as depicted in the landscape plan.
(D) Interior landscaped area for individual trees may be reduced by 10% when required plantings are grouped together. Example: minimum square footage for 1 tree planted singularly: 140 square feet; minimum square footage for 2 trees planted together: 252 square feet (140 X 2 - 28 = 252). A maximum of 25% of the trees planted in compliance with this chapter may be grouped as specified above. This credit will not apply to parking lots with less than 8 trees required.
(E) Interior landscaped area may be reduced by thirty percent on any portion of parking lot where water pervious surface material, such as, gravel, brick pavers, porous concrete or fractured slate is used.
(Ord. passed 9-11-2006)