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 Port Angeles
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 17. ZONING
 Chapter 17.15. RHD - RESIDENTIAL, HIGH DENSITY

  § 17.15.080. Design and landscaping.

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  • A.

    All outdoor storage areas, except for City mechanized refuse collection system containers, shall be screened from view from public rights-of-way and abutting property by a vision-obscuring fence six feet in height.

    B.

    All lighting on the site shall be so directed as to reflect away from adjoining residential properties and public rights-of-way.

    C.

    Unused space that is over 24 square feet and results from the design of parking space arrangements or accessory structures shall be landscaped.

    D.

    All required parking areas shall include tree landscaping of at least two trees, for each group of six or fewer parking spaces with a minimum of two trees, exclusive of any required perimeter landscaping. Vegetation within LID facilities may be used to meet landscaping requirements. The trees shall be of a type approved by the City, and be at least two-inch caliper at time of planting, and placed in a minimum planting area of 100 square feet. Trees shall attain a minimum height of at least 20 feet at maturity. Alternatively, landscaping plans with functionally compatible planters and equivalent vegetative cover may be submitted for approval by the Director of Community and Economic Development as mitigation for this requirement when site constraints deem necessary. Refer to 15.20.070.B.6 and 15.20.080.A.4 PAMC for appropriate pruning and vegetation management techniques.

    E.

    Parking areas shall have interspersed landscaped islands and shall have no more than eight consecutive parking spaces. Islands with vegetation within LID facilities may be used to meet landscaping requirements and may exceed maximum eight consecutive spaces. Underground parking and parking included in a parking structure are excluded from this requirement.

    F.

    All parking lots shall be screened by a three-foot to six-foot vision-obscuring fence or vegetation on all sides adjacent to residentially zoned property.

    G.

    At least 30 percent of the site shall be landscaped with a mixture of ground cover, shrubs and trees.

(Ord. 3572 § 6, 12/20/2016; Ord. 3272, 2/16/2007; Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004; Ord. 3042 § 3 (part) 1/28/2000; Ord. 2861 § 1 (part), 3/17/1995; Ord. 2668 § 3 (part), 1/17/1992; Ord. 2666 § 3 (part), 1/17/1992)