9.8.2 Vehicular Use Area Perimeter Landscaping

Any vehicular use area subject to this section that has exposure to a public or private street (except an alley), and is located within 50 feet of a right-of-way or access easement shall provide a landscaped area, adjacent to and outside of the street right-of-way or access easement, equal to six square feet for each linear foot of street frontage, less driveways, which may cross required landscape areas if constructed at angles perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to property lines.

a. Any landscaped area used for credit shall be a minimum of three feet and a maximum of 30 feet in width in all Tiers except Compact Neighborhood, where the maximum width shall be 10 feet.

(1) Canopy trees (except under overhead power lines, where understory trees shall be used) shall be planted at the rate of one tree per 40 linear feet of vehicular use area along the street, less driveway widths.

(2) Areas with canopy trees shall be at least 10 feet deep from right-of-way to back of curb or pavement edge.

(3) Project boundary buffer canopy trees pursuant to Sec. 9.4, Project Boundary Buffers, (to the extent such trees are located to serve the function of this section) and street trees pursuant to Sec. 9.6, Street Trees, may be credited for purposes of this section.

(1) Shrubs shall be planted at the rate of one shrub per three linear feet of property line abutting public streets less driveways.

(2) A wall consistent with the requirements of Sec. 9.9, Fences and Walls, and at least 30 inches tall may be substituted for the required shrubs.

Any vehicular use area subject to this section on projects not required to provide a project boundary buffer pursuant to Sec. 9.4, Project Boundary Buffers, shall provide a landscaped area between the edges of the pavement and the perimeter property lines not required to provide landscaping pursuant to paragraph A, Vehicle Use Areas Visible from Streets, unless the property lines fall within a vehicular use area in common use.

a. The minimum landscaped area shall be large enough to accommodate the plant materials required in paragraph 9.8.2B.2.b below, but shall not be less than six square feet per linear foot of vehicular use area edge facing off site, unless wheel stops are provided, in which case the minimum area can be reduced to four square feet.

b. Required landscaping shall consist of the following materials:

(1) Evergreen or deciduous canopy trees, at the rate of one per 25 linear feet of vehicular use area, to be planted within an area with a minimum dimension of 10 feet in the vicinity of the tree.

(2) Understory trees, at the rate of one per 18 feet, with a contiguous growing area of 125 square feet and a minimum dimension of seven and one half feet.

(3) Evergreen shrubs, at the rate of one per four linear feet of required planting area.

c. When adjoining properties are already developed with parking lots adjacent to the proposed site and have landscaping installed to satisfy the requirements of this section only, 50% of the required plant materials shall be required.