(a) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to:
(1) All new development on vacant land that requires the submission of a development plan or a zoning certificate. The required landscaping shall be so indicated on plans submitted as part of the application.
(2) The entire site of existing development, with the exception of existing parking lots or vehicle use areas indicated in Section 1123.02(a)(3), when substantial expansion is conducted. An expansion of an existing property is substantial when any of the following apply:
A. The expansion of the square footage of an existing building exceeds 50 percent of the gross floor area of the building as it existed prior to the effective date of this code;
B. The expansion of the square footage of the vehicular use area exceeds 50 percent of the total existing vehicular use area; or
C. The land area of the development site is increased by 50 percent or more.
(3) Any existing parking lots or vehicular uses areas that are not being removed or otherwise changed as part of any expansion or reconstruction shall not be required to comply with the applicable parking lot landscaping requirements of this chapter.
(4) The portion of a developed site devoted to the expansion of an existing building, structure or expansion/alteration of a vehicular use area when such site is not governed by Subsection 1123.02(a)(2). The minimum landscaping and screening required by this chapter shall be provided to the extent of the alteration or expansion, but not for the entire property of which the alteration or expansion is a part.
(c) The requirements of this chapter are minimum landscaping requirements, and nothing herein shall preclude a developer and the City from agreeing to more extensive landscaping.
(d) All requirements of Chapter 925 of the Codified Ordinances, Storm Drainage, shall be applicable.
(Ord. 2018-009. Passed 5-7-18; Ord. 2019-17. Passed 10-7-19.)