The landscaping requirements
in this Section are intended to provide a baseline set of standards toward reducing the visual impacts
of large areas of pavement, improving the overall environment or parking areas by providing areas for
shade and heat reduction, and enhancing the overall aesthetic appeal of parking areas. The following
standards shall apply to all Conventional Parking Lot Design as defined in this By-law. 1. Amount. Developments with proposed parking areas of ten (10) spaces or more
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shall provide 20 square feet of landscaped open space within the parking area for
every parking space provided in the lot. 2. Buffers. Landscaping shall be required between non-residential uses or mixed
use developments and existing or future residential development areas. Buffer
zones shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet in width and shall substantively
screen the site from view through the use of evergreen vegetation at least six feet
in height. Fences may be used as part of screening but shall not include chain
link fences, unless designed to be screened from view with vegetation. These
requirements shall not apply to nonresidential or mixed use development that are
designed to integrate existing or future neighboring residences into the site
through the use of walkways, bicycle paths or other pedestrian amenities. 3. Parking Lot Entrances. Parking lot entrances shall be landscaped minimally with
a combination of trees and shrubs. These areas may also be used for signage in
compliance with Section 6.2 of this By-law. No trees or shrubs shall be planted
in a way to obstruct sight lines of motorists. 4. Parking Aisles. The ends of parking aisles that are more than fifteen (15) spaces
in length shall incorporate landscape islands at either end of the row. Where the
length of parking aisles exceeds twenty-five (25) spaces, an intermediary
landscaped island shall be installed a regular intervals. This interval shall not be
more than every thirteen (13) spaces.