17.64.080 Landscaping requirements.
A. All parking lots shall have landscaping as required by this section, except those parking lots for single-family and two-family dwellings.
B. All required parking lots of five spaces or more shall provide a landscape buffer at least five feet in width along any property line adjacent to a street, except for those in the airport commercial, airport industrial, airport mixed use, business park, and industrial districts where they do not border a residential district.
C. For parking lots containing less than five spaces, an area equal to at least five percent of the parking lot shall be in landscaping which is visible to the street, except in the airport commercial, airport industrial, airport mixed use, business park, and industrial districts.
D. For parking lots containing five or more spaces, an area equal to at least 10 percent of the parking area shall be in landscaping which is visible to the street, except in the airport commercial, airport industrial, airport mixed use, business park, and industrial districts.
1. Any interior landscaping planter counted towards the percentage requirement must have a minimum five-foot-wide area exclusive of any vehicle overhang. Only low-level shrubs, ground cover and grass shall be used in vehicle overhang areas.
2. Any landscaping between the building and the parking lot counted towards the percentage requirement must have a minimum five-foot-wide area exclusive of any vehicle overhang. Only low-level shrubs, ground cover, and grass shall be used in vehicle overhang areas.
E. No parking lot shall contain 45 or more contiguous parking spaces without a curbed planting area. Interior landscaping planters shall be dispersed throughout the entire parking lot area. Parking lots in the industrial and business park zoning districts may be exempt from interior landscaping requirements. Applications may be submitted to the commission requesting substitution of interior landscaping in exchange for common use area(s) for employees, such as a picnic or exercise area. (Ord. 21-006 § 7, 2021; Ord. 06-017 § 3, 2006; Ord. 05-036 § 18, 2005)