20.50.510 LA-05 – Parking lot landscaping standards.
This landscaping standards (LA) section applies to the following zoning districts:
M2 IS LB GC HC CP
The following standards shall apply:
A. Parking Lot Perimeter Landscaping. Parking lots shall be screened from streets and adjacent uses using a combination of plant materials, decorative walls, and/or mounds. Parking lots with sixty (60) or more parking spaces shall have the following:
1. Trees. One (1) deciduous tree per fifty (50) lineal feet of parking lot perimeter, then planted between (4) feet and twelve (12) feet from the parking lot edge.
B. Interior Landscaping. Parking lots shall have landscape islands and/or peninsulas. Parking lots with eighty (80) or more parking spaces shall have the following:
1. Quantity. One (1) landscape island shall be provided for every forty (40) spaces. If more than one (1) island is required they each shall be distributed equally throughout the parking lot.
2. Size. Islands shall be at least 180 square feet in area.
3. Plant Materials. Each island shall contain at least one (1) deciduous tree. [Ord. 12-27-11 § 5.51.]