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A.
Perimeter Landscaping—Adjoining Street. All parking areas shall be landscaped with a planter strip along the perimeter of the property bounded by a street, except for areas where pedestrian crosswalks and driveways are provided. The minimum width of the perimeter landscaping between the street right-of-way and parking area shall be ten feet.
B.
Perimeter Landscaping—Adjoining Residential Zone. Whenever a parking area for a nonresidential use adjoins a residential zone, a minimum fifteen-foot-wide landscaped strip/buffer area shall be provided. In any circumstance where a wall is required along the same property line, the required strip/buffer area may be reduced in width to five feet.
C.
Required Landscaping. In addition to perimeter landscaping, a minimum of seven and one-half percent of the total area of the parking lot, including perimeter landscaping, shall be landscaped.
D.
Trees. A minimum of one tree shall be provided for every eight parking spaces. In no case shall fewer than five trees be provided. All trees shall be of a minimum twenty-four-inch-box size. The trees shall be distributed throughout the parking and perimeter landscaped areas, and shall be planted to provide uniform shade coverage.
E.
Curbing. All landscaped areas shall be contained within curbing no less than six inches high if made of concrete, or eight inches high if made of masonry.
F.
Irrigation. All landscaped areas shall be equipped with an underground automated irrigation system.
G.
Maintenance. All landscaped areas shall be maintained in a neat and healthy condition.
(Ord. 544 § 1(part), 2000).