§ 8178-8.4.2.7. Parking lot landscaping.

All open (uncovered) automobile parking lots shall be landscaped in accordance with the following:

a.

Minimum Parking Lot Landscaping. Landscaping shall be computed on the basis of the net parking facilities, which includes parking stalls, access drives, aisles and walkways, but shall not include required landscaping adjacent to streets.

b.

Open parking areas shall consist of at least six (6) percent landscaping, which is counted toward the minimum landscape area requirement, except that no parking lot landscaping is required when there are fewer than four (4) parking spaces.

c.

Parking structures and covered parking spaces are exempt from these requirements but may be conditioned on a case-by-case basis to ensure the purposes of this section are met.

d.

New commercial and institutional projects with more than ten (10) motor vehicle spaces shall provide a concentration of landscape elements at primary entrances, including specimen trees, flowering plants, and special design elements. Public art may be used, and is encouraged, in conjunction with these elements. Such art should meet the provisions of Section 8178-8.4.1.9.

e.

Landscaping shall be designed so that pedestrians are not likely to cross landscape planters to reach building entrances.

(Ord. No. 4492, § 6, 6-21-2016)