(A) New parking lots shall be effectively buffered from street view. Buffering shall consist of shrubs planted along each perimeter line of a parking lot which faces a public street, exclusive of driveway entrances and pedestrian walkways.
(B) Shrubs shall be planted, maintained, and replaced as necessary to ensure compliance with the minimum number applicable to each perimeter line based upon the following formula:
Required Shrubs = | Perimeter in Feet |
3 |
(C) Shrubs in the number required by this section should be placed uniformly to provide substantially the same density of ground cover along the entire perimeter line. Shrubs shall be maintained at a height of no more than 36 inches nor less than 18 inches as measured from the surrounding soil line.
(Ord. 00-0406A, passed 4-7-2000) Penalty, see § 150.99