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Landscaping Parking Areas <br /> Two to three tonnes as much space may be devoted for parking <br /> as there is for floor space in building(s).AN too often,though, <br /> parking lot landscaping is an afterthought. Unrelieved <br /> expanses of asphalt or concrete are monotonous while also <br /> Pkn,t#W.svmmrawarwWpw*mW lots#7W vW detracting from the overall attractiveness of the site. <br /> V*wson!b&W SM0. <br /> _ Landscaping can break up wide expanses of parking areas and <br /> Improve the appearance of new construction. It can separate <br /> pedestrian and vd*Mw traffic, and delineate different <br /> functional areas (visitor vs.employee parking). Landscaping <br /> can defer different parking areas to control traffic and lower <br /> speeds, xW trees in a parking lot's interior provide shade. <br /> Perimeter landscaping reduce the views of parking lots from <br /> neighboring homes,muffles vehicle noise, and reduces glare <br /> from headlights and parking lot fighting. <br /> WkVi pw**g lots nwst a&d a S&Wt ar . <br /> PwgO IF 410,a 1O-Ibot klWJr4P#awPa nwst a <br /> he PVVxW ErtWW A*pw*#W lot and <br /> prvpw4f an-044-of-bow Liars. <br /> h' <br /> 77mpr+P/arrrdAwaftn&-ofl�sei-+eetpaw* is <br /> da, #W Me dviftV a way lunar»6'k shunt. <br /> 10' <br /> Landscape <br /> Area <br /> ' While it is preferrable to place off-street parking behind <br /> structures and away from the highway,when parking lots abut a <br /> street rat-of-way or side or rear property fine,screening is <br /> required. In addition to a minimum 1 0-foot landscape area,a <br /> 36-inch high opaque screen consisting of landscape materials, <br /> rolling earth berms,and low screen wails or combinations <br /> '. 1 thereof are regWred as an effective screening treatment. <br /> Avoid Preferred Where screening wall*are provided, they must consist of solid <br /> and attractive materials enhanced by landscaping. <br /> XW nomicA-w1vpmentDlstric&DesonM&xwj Pale 3.2. 12 <br />