§ 17.24.140. Applicability.

The following requirements are cumulative, not exclusive.

A.

Perimeter Parking Area Landscaping Required. The perimeter parking area landscaping requirements of this article shall apply to all off-street parking facilities adjacent to a public street or to a property line which:

1.

Have five or more parking spaces; or

2.

Are larger than one thousand seven hundred fifty square feet in area.

Within the urban zoning overlay district, parking areas within the CC and CF zoning districts shall be exempt from the side property line planting requirements of this article. Perimeter parking area landscaping may be waived along interior property lines for property located within an approved planned unit development (PUD) district or with-in a unified plat of subdivision if the planning commission finds that any potential negative impacts of the parking area will be mitigated through other means.

B.

Interior Parking Area Landscaping Required. The interior parking area landscaping requirements of this article shall apply to all off-street parking facilities which:

1.

Have ten or more parking spaces; or

2.

Are over three thousand five hundred square feet in area.

Principal use parking areas located in the CC and CF districts on properties with less than one hundred feet of public street frontage or with less than twelve thousand square feet in total area shall be exempt from the interior planting requirements of this title.

C.

All trees planted or preserved to satisfy the requirements of this article shall count towards the tree density requirements of Article II.

D.

Required parking area screening and landscaping shall not be permitted in utility or drainage easements unless approved by the affected utility and, if approved, the property owner shall execute and record a restrictive covenant agreeing to full replacement of plant materials which may be removed by the utility in the exercise of its rights within the easement.

(Ord. 2001-750 § 11, 2001; Ord. BL2000-364 § 1 (part), 2000; Ord. 96-555 § 6.4(B), 1997)