(3) Parking Lot Landscaping & Screening . These landscape areas consist of landscape islands and landscape medians dividing the parking area(s) to prevent a continuous use of asphalt. Parking lot screening typically located along the perimeter of the parking lots shall be provided between parking areas and adjacent districts or uses and/or adjacent to a public right-of-way. See §9-1711 Parking Lot Landscaping & Screening. (4) Street Landscaping & Street Trees . These landscape areas provide a transition between a street and a proposed development. The classification of a street shall determine the width of the landscaped area and the density of landscape material required. See §9-1712 Street Buffers & Landscaping.
§9-1709 FOUNDATION LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS
Foundation landscaping is intended to provide plant material adjacent and long a building foundation wall, as required by this Section.
a. General Standards
Landscaped areas shall be located, sized and dimensioned in accordance with the following standards:
(1) Foundation Landscape Location . Landscaping around the foundation of a building for all new buildings and additions shall be required in all nonresidential districts, and multi- family developments in accordance with the following standards:
A. Multi-Family, Single Use Site or Out-Parcel for Nonresidential . Required foundation landscaping shall be located along the front, sides and rear of the building.
B. Industrial Uses & Shopping Centers . Foundation landscaping shall be located along the front and sides of the building(s).
i. Foundation plantings shall be required on the rear of a building where the rear of the building faces a right-of-way or access drive.
(2) Required Material . A minimum of two (2) shrubs shall be planted for every 10 linear feet of building wall.
(3) Minimum Area & Dimension . Foundation landscape areas shall have a total area in square feet of not less than two (2) times the linear feet of a building wall where the foundation landscaping shall be located and shall be allocated in accordance with standard planting
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