17.88.040 Type of landscaping required.
Landscaping shall be provided in all developments subject to this title as set forth below, except for single-family residences and duplexes:
A. Table L-2 sets forth the type and width of landscaping required along side and rear property lines not abutting public right-of-ways, streets or alleys. The proposed use shall buffer less intensive uses adjacent to it.
B. Five feet of Type III landscaping is required adjacent to all streets, except where permitted structures and driveways are proposed.
C. Type IV landscaping shall be provided within all surface, open air parking lots, as follows:
1. At least ten percent of the total parking area, excluding any other required landscaping, shall be utilized for landscaping when said areas exceed twenty (20) parking stalls;
2. At least one tree for every five parking stalls shall be provided, to be evenly distributed throughout the parking lot;
3. No parking stall shall be more than sixty (60) feet from the nearest landscaping;
4. Permanent curbs and structural barriers shall be provided to protect the plantings from vehicle overhang. See Figure P-4 in Chapter 17.60 for design details;
5. A minimum of forty (40) percent of the trees shall be evergreen.
D. Landscaping is not required adjacent to alleys.
E. The buffer requirement between uses not specifically mentioned in this chapter shall be the same as the most similar above circumstance.