§ 17.22.230. Design and landscaping.

A.

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

B.

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

C.

A five-foot sidewalk accompanied by a minimum five-foot landscape strip shall be required within the right-of-way adjacent to the front property line as well as adjoining arterial corridors.

D.

The side yard abutting a residentially zoned lot shall be landscaped in a manner that is complementary or similar to residential landscaping. In other words, such landscaping shall be complementary or similar to shrubs of three-foot to six-foot mature height interspersed with evergreen, deciduous and/or ornamental trees. Five feet of the rear yard setback area abutting a residentially zoned lot shall be landscaped in a similar manner.

E.

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

F.

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.

G.

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.

H.

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

(Ord. 3572 § 10, 12/20/2016; Ord. 3272, 2/16/2007; Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004; Ord. 2797 § 4, 2/11/1994)