(a) Vehicular use areas which provide for 20 or more vehicles shall, in addition to all other requirements, have a minimum of 3% of VUA reserved for landscaping. This landscaping shall be reasonably distributed within the vehicular use area. Landscaped areas shall include suitable ground cover to discourage the growth of weeds. The base of each tree shall be left free of pavement not less than 20 square feet.
(b) Trees and other plantings shall receive the following credit toward meeting the required square footage of landscape area cited above:
(1) Large trees, for example Red Oak, Zelkova and Green or White Ash: 200 square feet credit;
(2) Medium trees, for example Red Maple, White Pine, Honey Locust and American or European Hornbean: 150 square feet credit;
(3) Small trees, for example Flowering Dogwood, Kwanzan or Canadian Red Cherry, Serviceberry, Japanese Tree Lilac and Washington Thornless Hawthorne: 100 square feet credit; and
(4) Shrubs and flower beds, only that area which is occupied by suitable plantings shall be credited. In the case of shrubs, a 30-square-foot credit for each shall apply, while the credit for flower beds shall be credited on a 1:1 basis.
(Ord. 5868, approved 5-16-2002)