(a) Required screening when vehicular use areas abut public rights-of-way. On the site of a building or structure or lot providing off-street parking areas or other vehicular use area, there shall be provided landscaping between such area and such right-of-way, as follows: a strip of land at least four feet in depth located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way shall be landscaped. Such landscaping shall include one small or medium tree for each 35 lineal or 45 feet for a large tree or fraction thereof within the four foot strip or within the right-of-way areas reserved for the planting of street trees. Except as required for sight distance, the landscape strips along the public rights-of-way shall be presentations which will be varied through color, shape and texture of landscape material. The remainder of the required landscaped areas shall be landscaped with grass, ground cover or other landscape treatment.
(b) Required screening between vehicular use areas and abutting residential and institutional uses. All buildings or structures or lots providing and off-street parking area or vehicular use area of five spaces or more, shall be provided with a wall or hedge or other landscape barrier not greater than six feet in height nor less than four feet in height and a minimum width of four feet, to form a continuous screen between the off-street parking area or vehicular use area and any abutting residential use. Such landscape screen shall be located between the common lot line and the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area exposed to the abutting property, except when lack of visibility renders such screening unnecessary. If the screen consists all or in part of plant materials, such plant materials shall be planted in a planting strip of not less than four feet in width. Fence material may be substituted for the above which meets the range of height limits and may consist of up to 50% gaps in the material. Chain link and plastic construction fencing material is not acceptable.
(c) Planting requirements. Planting requirements applying to subsections (a) and (b) above shall include:
(1) Evergreen and semi-evergreen shrubs planted at a maximum of four-foot center spacing, which shall be maintained at a maximum height of six feet at maturity. A few examples of plants in this category are: Compact Juniper; Yew; Holly; except as provided for in § 1383.04;
(2) Broad leaf evergreen shrubs planted at a maximum three-foot center spacing, which shall be maintained at a maximum height of six feet at maturity. A few examples of plants in this category are: Cotoneaster and Rhododendron, except as provided for in § 1383.04;
(3) Columnar evergreen trees planted at a maximum three-foot center spacing. A few examples of plants in this category are: Columnar Chinese Juniper, Dark American Arbovitae and Juniper;
(4) Pyramidal evergreen trees planted at a maximum ten-foot center spacing. A few examples of plants in this category are: Canadian Hemlock, Serbian Spruce and Pyramidal White Pine; and
(5) Small or medium trees shall be planted at a maximum of 35 feet on center. Large trees shall be planted a maximum of 45 feet on center. Shrubs, flowers, flowering shrubs and evergreens shall vary in height.
(Ord. 5868, approved 5-16-2002)