15.20.100 Required Perimeter Parking Lot Landscape Improvements.
(1) Perimeter parking lot landscaped strips and islands must have a minimum width of seven (7) feet. The landscape requirements identified in Table 15-20-1, Required Perimeter Parking Lot Landscape Improvements (see Subsection (1)(f) of this Section), provide for the enhancement of parking lots by recognizing two (2) distinct conditions. The first is where parking lots are located in front and side street areas, and a uniform scheme of landscaping is required to protect the aesthetics along public streets. The second condition is where parking lots are located within rear and interior side yards, and minimum requirements for beautification of both residential and nonresidential uses are the City’s goal.
(a) The intent of this Section is to require a higher level of landscaping for residential uses (principally multifamily uses) than for nonresidential uses.
(b) The improvements established in Table 15-20-1 shall be required only for parking lots with six (6) or more stalls and where the lot is located within a required yard or within twenty (20) feet of a lot line. For reduction of impacts between dissimilar uses, see Sections 14.34.300 and 15.20.110, Provo City Code.
(c) Where both parking lot landscaping and landscape buffers are required, the more restrictive shall apply.
(d) In no case shall parking be allowed in a required front or street side yard setback.
(e) Landscaped strips shall meet one (1) of the following options:
(i) Landscaped strips perpendicular to the parking spaces with a minimum width of seven (7) feet, except when using vegetated drainage swales the minimum width shall be eight (8) feet;
Figure 3. Landscaped Strips
(ii) Landscaped islands with a minimum width of seven (7) feet parallel to the parking spaces at a spacing of every five (5) stalls.
Figure 4. Landscaped Islands
(f)
Required Landscaping |
Front Yards and Side Yards Abutting a Street | |
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Shade Trees |
1 tree per 50 feet of yard length, measured to the nearest whole number (in addition to required parkway trees). | |
Shrubs |
1 shrub per 3 feet, on center along 100% of the yard length. Shrubs with mature height not more than 3 feet unless lower shrub height is specifically required in this Chapter for front yard areas. | |
Ground Cover |
Landscape area outside of shrub masses shall be established in turf or other ground cover. | |
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Required Landscaping |
Rear and Interior Yards | |
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Residential Use (including institutional residential uses) |
Nonresidential Use | |
Shade Trees | 1 tree per 30 feet of yard length, measured to the nearest whole number. | 1 tree per 50 feet of yard length, measured to the nearest whole number. |
Shrubs | 1 shrub per 3 feet, on center along 100% of the yard length. Shrubs shall have a mature height not less than 3 feet. | 1 shrub per 6 feet, on center along 100% of the yard length. Shrubs shall have a mature height not less than 3 feet. |
Ground Cover | Landscape area outside of shrub masses shall be established in turf or other ground cover. | Landscape area outside of shrub masses shall be established in turf or other ground cover. |