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A. Vehicle Use Areas

For the purposes of this section, areas used for vehicle service, parking (including structured parking), parking lot drive aisles, and business transactions such as areas adjacent to gasoline pumps (even if under a canopy) and areas for drive-up service, shall be considered vehicular use areas.

1. Driveways that are perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to the street and serve as an entrance to the site shall not be considered vehicular use areas for purposes of this section.

2. Vehicle storage yards shall not be considered vehicle use areas for the purpose of this section.

B. Applicability

The following areas shall meet the requirements of this section.

1. Any new off-street parking area containing four or more spaces, or vehicular use area of 1,500 square feet or more (except for parking associated with single-family or two-family development on single lots).

2. Any expansion of an existing off-street vehicular use area consistent with the dimensions identified above.

3. Sites where a building is torn down and reconstructed, regardless of whether or not the new building is larger than the original building if the vehicular use area associated with the new building meets the standards listed above.

4. Only the regulations in paragraph 9.8.4, Vehicular Use Area Landscaping in the SRP-C (County Only), CI District and Design Districts, shall apply to vehicular use areas in the SRP-C (County Only), CI, and Design Districts.

C. Standards

1. Location from Edge of Vehicular Use Area

a. No canopy trees used for vehicular use area landscaping credits shall be planted farther than 10 feet from the edge of the vehicular use area.

b. No understory trees or shrubs shall be planted farther than 15 feet from the edge of the vehicular use area.

c. When existing utilities or easements prohibit the placement of trees or shrubs as required above, the placement of the plant material shall be set back the minimum amount necessary to be clear of the utility or easement and to provide the minimum required growing area for the plant material.

d. All shrubs and trees shall be located at least three feet from either the back of curb of the vehicular use area or back of wheel stops.

2. Plant materials shall be located to facilitate safe sight distances within parking lots. Plants located at the end of parking lot islands, within the sight distance triangles, or in medians shall be a species with a maximum mature height of 30 inches.

3. Tree planting and site lighting shall be separated by a minimum of 10 feet to reduce conflicts between mature trees and light standards.

4. Unless specifically stated otherwise, all canopy trees used for vehicular use area landscaping shall be two-and-one-half-inch caliper at the time of installation.

5. A contiguous growing area not encroached upon by impervious pavement shall be provided for each tree as specified within the Landscape Manual. Sidewalks shall be permitted to encroach for sites within the Urban, Compact Neighborhood, and Downtown Tiers when a critical root path system is implemented pursuant to the Landscape Manual.

6. Unless specifically stated otherwise, shrubs shall be installed at a minimum height of 15 inches, and shall be of a species expected to reach a minimum height of 30 inches and a minimum spread of 30 inches within five years of planting. Shrubs planted within sight distance triangles shall have a maximum mature height of 30 inches.

7. At least 60% of required shrubs shall be evergreen.