Street Yard Requirements
(1) Minimum Standards: The minimum depth of all street yards shall be 7.5 feet. For every 50 linear feet of frontage, or fraction thereof, the street yard shall contain a minimum of three shade trees and six intermediate shrubs. Newly installed plant material shall be evenly distributed where possible.
(2) If there are existing trees in the proposed street yard area, the UDO Administrator may grant credit toward the requirement for preservation of those trees, provided their caliper is at least two inches or more.
(3) No planting material will be allowed which, at planting or maturity, will impede vision between a height of three feet and ten feet in a triangular area formed by a diagonal line between two points on a driveway or public right-of-way, 20 feet from where they intersect.
(B) Parking Facility Requirements
(1) Minimum Standards: For parking facilities having 15 or more parking spaces, at least 8% of the gross paved area shall be landscaped and located in the interior of the facility.
(2) Planting islands shall include at least one shade tree or one small tree and six small shrubs. At least 50% of the trees planted shall be shade trees.
(3) In support of the above, the following standard shall apply to interior plantings:
(a) All planting shall be evenly distributed throughout the parking facility.
(b) All interior plantings shall be curbed or otherwise physically protected.
(c) Consecutive parking spaces shall incorporate landscaped islands no more than 15 spaces apart and at the ends of all parking rows. Landscaped islands shall contain at least 100 square feet in area and be at least eight feet in width, measured from back of curb to back of curb.
(Ord. 1695, passed 11-8-12; Am. Ord. 1838, passed 3-10-22)