25-66 - Parking Lot Landscaping

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

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In all districts, as indicated, the provisions of Section 37-90 (PARKING LOTS), inclusive, shall apply to open parking areas that
contain 18 or more spaces or are greater than 6,000 square feet in area, as follows:

(a)    #developments# with #accessory# open parking areas in which 70 percent or more of the #floor area# on the #zoning lot#
        is occupied by a #community facility# #use#;

(b)    #enlargements# of a #building# with #accessory# open parking areas or the #enlargement# of an open parking area that
        result in:

        (1)    an increase in the total number of parking spaces #accessory# to #commercial# or #community facility# #uses# on
                the #zoning lot# that is at least 20 percent greater than the number of such spaces existing on November 28,
                2007; or

        (2)    an increase in the total amount of #floor area# on the #zoning lot# that is at least 20 percent greater than the
                amount of #floor area# existing on November 28, 2007, and where at least 70 percent of the #floor area# on the
                #zoning lot# is occupied by #commercial# or #community facility# #uses#; and

(c)    existing #buildings# with new #accessory# open parking areas in which 70 percent or more of the #floor area# on the
        #zoning lot# is occupied by a #commercial# or #community facility# #use#.

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to surface parking located on the roof of a #building#, indoor parking garages,
#public parking garages#, structured parking facilities, or #developments# in which at least 70 percent of the #floor area# or #lot
area# on a #zoning lot# is used for automobile dealers, automotive repair and maintenance, or #automotive service stations#
listed under Use Group VI.

For the purposes of this Section, an “open parking area” shall mean that portion of a #zoning lot# used for the parking or
maneuvering of vehicles, including service vehicles, which is not covered by a #building#. Open parking areas shall also include
all required landscaped areas within and adjacent to the open parking area.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, where parking requirements are waived, pursuant to Section 25-33, on #zoning
lots# subdivided after November 28, 2007, and parking spaces #accessory# to #community facility# #uses# or curb cuts accessing
#community facility# #uses# are shown on the site plan required pursuant to Section 25-623, the provisions of Section 37-921
(Perimeter landscaping) shall apply.