§ 17.40.065. Design and landscaping.

A.

All outdoor storage areas shall be screened from public view from public rights-of-way and abutting property by a sight-obscuring fence six feet in height; except sanitation receptacles associated with mechanized collection.

B.

All lighting on the site shall be directed or shaded so as not to shine directly on adjoining non-commercial property.

C.

A visual screen consisting of solid fencing, landscaping, or other materials, shall be provided in the yard abutting residentially zoned land. Such a screen shall be to a height of six feet. If landscaping is used, it shall include evergreen shrubs planted to form a hedge of at least six feet mature height within three years of the planting date, except that approved vehicle driveways to an alley shall not be obstructed; and except that sanitation receptacles associated with mechanized collection shall not be obstructed.

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.

(Ord. 3572 § 20, 12/20/2016; Ord. 2977 § 1 (part), 12/26/1997)