21.08.200 Applicability.
The landscaping requirements in this chapter apply to all properties except single-family residential properties; provided, that where applicable, the City Center Zone(s) City Center Design Guidelines landscape provisions supersede the landscape requirements of this chapter.
A. The requirements of this chapter apply to all parts of a site not devoted to hard surfaces such as parking lot pavement, pedestrian walkways, or driveways and structures or other structural site improvements. Properties may have any of the following areas that require landscaping in accordance with this chapter:
2. Parking lot areas as follows:
b. Parking lot interior.
3. Parking structure areas as follows:
a. Parking structure frontage.
4. Buffer areas.
5. Special streetscape landscaping.
B. When Requirements Apply. The requirements of this chapter apply to all multiple-family, commercial, industrial properties and developments in the city, excluding single-family residential development proposals and proposals in the City Center zone, as stated below:
1. All landscaping requirements apply to:
a. Any new development or redevelopment subject to a project design review land use application approval in this title.
b. Projects that increase the gross floor area of any structure by at least 50 percent of the existing gross floor area of the structure.
2. Buffer landscaping only is required for:
a. Projects that increase the gross floor area of any structure by at least 10 percent of the existing gross floor area of the structure if the increase is added on the elevation closest to a landscaped buffer.
3. All landscaping requirements apply to the respective area (parking area frontage, interior, or buffer areas) where:
a. Replacement or newly installed landscaping greater than 200 square feet of cumulative area.
4. All parking lot landscaping requirements apply to:
a. Projects that replace existing paved parking lot surface with new paving by greater than 50 percent of existing paved surface area. Landscaping requirements only apply within the limits of disturbance of the replaced paved surface.
b. Projects that add additional parking lot paved surface area of at least 25 percent of existing parking lot paved surface area. Landscaping requirements apply within the area of the additional parking lot paved surface and from the edge of the paved surface to the nearest property lines.
c. Resurfacing or restriping a parking lot does not constitute replacing paved surface area. (Ord. 3326 § 2, 2019)