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Several zones have additional landscaping requirements in addition to the general landscaping standards contained in this chapter. These requirements are detailed below:

A. Auto-Oriented Uses Landscaping in the Planned Regional Center Zone. Site screening standards and special street frontage landscaping requirements may be found in LMC 21.48.111(B).

B. Swift Station Off-Street Parking and Landscaping. In calculating and applying the parking stall requirements of Chapter 21.18 LMC and landscaping requirements of this chapter, the parking stalls and landscaping that have been or are replaced by a transit station and related improvements of the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area (dba Community Transit), also known as a Swift BRT station, pursuant to the development agreement between the city and Community Transit dated August 20, 2008, or any subsequent agreements, shall be included within the calculation and application of such requirements. The replacement of a portion of a parking stall shall be deemed to be a replacement of the entire parking stall. In any application for a building or other permit for construction of such transit station and related improvements, Community Transit shall provide photographs of the parking stalls and landscaping that will be replaced by the transit station and related improvements, or such other evidence of the parking stalls and landscaping that is acceptable to the director.

C. Planned Regional Center (PRC) Outdoor Display Screening. Screening shall be installed around any outdoor display areas permitted in the Planned Regional Center (PRC) zone. Screening shall meet the requirements stated in Table 21.08.10 below.

Table 21.08.10. Planned Regional Center (PRC) Zone Outdoor Display Screening

Location

Buffer Width

Shrubs and Groundcover

Fence

Notes

Side or rear of property (behind front facade) Around entire outdoor display area

5 feet

Evergreen groundcover covering 100% of buffer. Evergreen shrubs minimum height 6 feet at maturity, spaced maximum 5 feet on center.

6-foot vision-obscuring fence

Front of property (forward of front facade)

10 feet

Mix of evergreen groundcover covering 100% of buffer. Low evergreen shrubs: 3-foot height maximum. Staggered and spaced 18 inches on center.

None required

Interior Landscaping: 5% of display area surface shall include landscaped islands. Light fixtures may be placed in landscaped islands.

(Ord. 3326 § 2, 2019)