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vii.viii. Required landscaping for parking lots: <br />1. Parking lot shade trees shall be provided at a ratio of <br />one (1) three-inch (3”) minimum caliper tree for every <br />ten (10) parking spaces. <br />2. Ninety percent (90%) of proposed parking spaces <br />shall be within fifty (50) feet of the center of a shade <br />tree. <br />3. Minimum tree planting area shall be nine (9) feet by <br />eighteen (18). In cases where tree grates are <br />provided, the minimum planting area shall be sixty- <br />four (64) square feet in area by two (2) feet in depth. <br />4. Consistent with Section 6.8.7 (D) Landscaping of <br />Vehicular Use Areas of the UDO a 10 ft. wide <br />vegetative strip, exclusive of drainage and/or utility <br />easements, shall be provided between the vehicular <br />use areas and the right of way or adjacent property <br />line, except: <br />a. Where permitted driveway openings are to be <br />provided. <br />b. In instances where parking areas and drive- <br />isles abut interior property lines, the 10-ft. <br />required landscaped area may be split among <br />the two (2) adjoining properties. <br />5. Screening of parking areas located along the <br />perimeter boundary of a District shall maintain a <br />minimum tree spacing of sixty (60) feet and provide <br />the required thirty-six-inch (36”) screening, required to <br />be a minimum of twenty-four inches (24”) at initial <br />planting, adjacent to proposed parking spaces. <br />viii.ix. Required landscaping along structures: <br />1. Thirty percent (30%) of a buildings perimeter shall be <br />landscaped, while maintaining space for required <br />sidewalk area, composed of: <br />a. Lawn, <br />b. Planters, or <br />c. Shrubs a minimum of twenty-four inches (24”) <br />in width comprising a minimum of fifty percent <br />(50%) of the total linear dimension along the <br />building’s perimeter. <br /> 137