§ 8108-5.14.1. Purpose.

These landscaping and screening requirements are intended to:

· Reduce potential negative effects of parking areas on adjacent land uses.

· Provide visual relief from pavement and motor vehicles.

· Soften and screen parking area edges.

· Provide a visual barrier between vehicle headlights and street traffic.

· Mitigate atmospheric heating from pavement through shading.

· Create pleasant pedestrian conditions.

· Provide retention, filtration and/or infiltration of stormwater.

· Channel and define logical areas for pedestrian and vehicular circulation.

(Ord. No. 4407, § 1, 10-20-2009)