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Landscape Ordinance Overview of Elements

May 2015

Applicability

Residential– Structure that contains three or more dwelling units

– Developing a parking lot of 6 or more spaces

Non-residential– Structure of greater than one thousand gross square

feet

– Converting a residential structure to non-residential

use

– Developing a parking lot of 6 or more spaces

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Applicability, continued

Expansions / Renovations– Multi-family expansion of 10% of the number of units

or 10 units, whichever is less

– Cumulative non-residential expansion of a building by

more than 2,500 square feet or 40% of the original

building's square footage, whichever is less

– Reconstruction after any voluntary demolition where

the value of the new improvements is greater than

50% of the assessed value of the building on the

property existing improvement

– Parking lot expansion (excluding re-striping and re-

surfacing) of six spaces or more

Percentage of Landscape

Area

At least ten percent of a lot, exclusive of

parking areas, driveways and sidewalks,

shall be landscape area

For purposes of this chapter, landscape

area shall include required and optional

plant materials as well as open areas

covered with grass and/or ground cover

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1. Buffers between adjacent properties

2. Street yards

3. Parking lot landscaping

Elements

1. Buffers between adjacent properties

2. Street yards

3. Parking lot landscaping

Elements

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Purpose of buffers

Required between properties to:

mitigate incompatible adjacent uses

interrupt sight lines from adjacent uses

Buffers between adjacent

properties

L1: General landscaping – for open areas. Used when distance is the

principal means of separating uses.

L2: 3-foot screen – uses a combination of distance and low level screening

to separate uses. A 3-foot-high masonry wall or a berm may be substituted for

the required shrubs, but the trees and ground cover plants are still required.

L3: 6-foot screen – uses screening to provide the physical and visual

separation between uses or development. It is used in those instances where

visual separation is required. A 6-foot-high masonry wall may be substituted for

the shrubs, but the trees and ground cover plants are still required.

L4: 6-foot wall – for special instances where extensive screening of both

visual and noise impacts is needed to protect abutting sensitive uses in areas and

where there is little space for separation. Requires a 6 foot high masonry wall

along the interior side of the landscaped area.

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Buffer Table - TBD

L1: General landscaping

For open areas. Used when distance is

the principal means of separating uses.Greater than 30’ deep, one class A per 40’ or one

class B per 20’ and ground cover

Width indicated in matrix

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L1: General landscaping

For open areas. Used when distance is

the principal means of separating uses.When 30’ or less deep – one class A per 40’ or

one class B per 20’, shrubs and ground cover

Width indicated in matrix

L2: 3-foot screenUses a combination of distance and

low level screening to separate usesOne class A per 40’ or one class B per 20’ and

ground cover

3 ft high screen (continuous shrubs, wall, fence or berm)

Width indicated in matrix

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L3: 6-foot screen – provides

physical and visual separation

between uses or development. Used

when visual separation is required. One

class A per 40’ or one class B per 20’

and ground cover

Width indicated in matrix

6 ft high screen (continuous shrubs, wall, fence or berm)

L4: 6-foot – provides physical

and visual separation. Used when visual

and noise impact reduction is required.One class A per 40’, one class B per 20’ or one

class C per 15, shrubs and ground cover

Width indicated in matrix

6 ft high wall

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1. Buffers between adjacent properties

2. Street yards

3. Parking lot landscaping

Elements

Street Yard Landscaping Rural Character Area: Not required

Suburban Character Area:

Landscape strip required along public street

frontage between street and sidewalk 10’ or 10% of lot depth, whichever is less

One Class A tree per 40 linear feet (may be grouped)

Ground cover

Sidewalk is required

When parking lot is adjacent to street yard, 3-foot screen

of shrubs, wall or berm is required

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Street Yard Landscaping Suburban Character Area Option 1Trees on private property

Street Yard Landscaping Suburban Character Area Option 2

Trees within ROW

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Street Yard Landscaping Suburban Character Area

Option 1 – trees on private property

Street Yard Landscaping Suburban Character Area

Option 2 – trees within ROW

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Suburban Street Yard

Street Yard Landscaping Walkable and Urban Character Area:

Street trees required along street frontage 10’ or 10% of lot depth, whichever is less

One Class A tree per 40 linear feet or one class B per 20

linear feet (may be grouped)

Sidewalk is required

When parking lot is adjacent to street yard, 3-foot screen

of shrubs, wall or berm is required

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Street Yard Landscaping Walkable and Urban Character Area:

Urban Street Yard

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1. Buffers between adjacent properties

2. Street yards

3. Parking lot landscaping

Elements

Parking Lot Landscaping Rural and Suburban Character Areas

Parking lot planting materials:

No parking space located more than 100 feet

from the trunk of a class A tree

Trees located in area of 120 sf or more

Islands without trees shall have ground cover

Trees located in buffers may be counted

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Interior IslandsRural and Suburban Character Areas

Interior Islands:

Located every 10 parking spaces

Distributed throughout the parking lot

Island shall be 200 sf

May be consolidated to preserve trees

Use of bioswales encouraged

Parking Lot Landscaping Rural and Suburban Character Areas

Terminal Islands

Rows terminated in curbed landscape island

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Parking Lot Landscaping Rural and Suburban Character Areas

Median Islands

Provided between every six single parking rows

and primary and external access drives

May also serve as location for a sidewalk

connecting the use and the street.

Use of bioswales encouraged

Parking lot trees

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Street Yard and Parking Lot

Landscaping

Class A Recommended Trees –Canopy Trees

Any self-supporting woody plant of a

species that normally grows to an overall

height of at least 50 feet, usually with 1 main

stem or trunk and many branches. All single trunk trees shall have a minimum 2‐inch caliper

and measure a minimum of 8 feet tall at time of planting.

Multi‐trunk trees shall have main stems with a minimum

1½‐inch caliper per trunk, a minimum of three main stems,

and measure a minimum of 10 feet tall at time of planting.

Recommended Street Tree

Species

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Acer rubrum (Red Maple)

Encouraged

in the

current

ordinance

Nyssa sylvatica

(Swamp Tupelo/Black Gum)Encouraged

in the

current

ordinance

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Class B Recommended TreesUnderstory Trees

Any self-supporting woody plant that normally

grows to an overall height of at least 25 feet,

with either one main stem or trunk with many

branches, or several stems or trunks. All single trunk trees shall have a minimum 1½‐inch caliper

and measure a minimum of eight feet tall at time of planting.

Multi‐trunk trees shall have main stems with a minimum

one‐inch caliper per trunk, a minimum of three main stems,

and measure a minimum of eight feet tall at time of planting.

Recommended Street Tree

Species

Sassafras albidum (Sassafras)

Encouraged in the

current ordinance

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Class C Recommended Trees

All other trees

Any self-supporting woody plant of a species

that normally grows to an overall height of at

least 15 feet, with either one main stem or trunk

with many branches, or several stems or trunks.

Recommended Street Tree

Species

Morella cerifera (Waxmyrtle)

Encouraged in the

current ordinance

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Property owners are responsible

for maintain and replacing all

required landscaping

Property owners are responsible

for maintain landscaping within the

adjacent right-of-way

Maintenance

Tree credits:1. Credits applied to applicable areas

2. Add Qualifying Tree Species in Appendix

3. Tree preservation plan required

4. Protection of trees during construction

Tree and Urban Forest

Preservation Standards

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Landscape Ordinance Overview of Elements

May 2015