§ 620-30. Off-Street Surface Parking Lot Planting Requirements.

620-30.1   Quantity, Spacing and Planting Standards.

A.

Off-street surface parking lots which are required to contain more than five parking spaces shall contain landscaping and plantings as follows:

1.

Trees shall be provided and maintained adjacent to, and in the interior portions of, parking lots in a ratio of one tree for each seven parking spaces. In addition, every parking space shall be within 60 feet of the trunk of a tree.

2.

Deciduous trees shall be at least 2 inches caliper and evergreen trees shall be at least six feet in height at time of planting. Canopy trees listed in the Tree Species List in Section 4 of the UDO Appendix, shall be selected, planted, and maintained. Any plantings beyond the minimum requirements may come from any of the Tree Species Lists included in Section 4 of the UDO Appendix.

B.

The minimum planting area or island for each canopy tree shall be at least 200 square feet. If shared with other trees, 100 square feet for each additional tree shall be added.

C.

Trees shall be planted in areas surrounding the perimeter of the parking lot and/or shall be planted in planting areas or islands internal to the parking lot. Trees may be planted and spaced singly or in groups. Each planting area or island shall not be less than four feet in width in any direction.

D.

Ground areas shall be sodded, seeded or hydro-seeded with grass and/or planted with groundcover species, and/or provided with other landscaping material, or any combination thereof.

E.

Paved or striped islands greater than 50 square feet shall not be allowed. These areas shall contain landscape plantings.

F.

The Director is hereby authorized to grant a modification of tree species in cases where parking lot trees are located under power easements.