Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
<br />Grading Plan approved by the County prior to any earth disturbing activity. <br />6. The required landscaping within parking areas shall be in accordance with the following: <br />a. Parking lot shade trees shall be provided at a ratio of one (1), one and one half-inch (1.5”) <br />minimum caliper tree for every ten (10) car parking spaces; Caliper size is measured at <br />the time of planting; <br />b. The applicant/developer is required to demonstrate that sixty percent (60%) of the car <br />parking spaces are within seventy-five (75) feet of the center of a shade tree. If not, <br />additional landscaping shall be required. <br />c. The minimum tree planting area shall be 200 square feet except where tree grates are <br />provided, <br />d. Where trees are planted within tree grates, and surface paving encroaches into the <br />planting area, then the minimum planting area shall be sixteen (16) square feet in area by <br />two (2) feet in depth, <br />e. A ten-foot vegetated buffer shall be provided between vehicular use areas and internal <br />access roads. <br />7. Screening of parking areas along the perimeter boundary of the project shall maintain a <br />minimum tree spacing of sixty (60) feet. <br />Landscaping along a building’s perimeter shall be in accordance with the following standards: <br />a. Twenty percent (20%) of a building’s perimeter shall be landscaped while maintaining <br />the necessary sidewalk area, <br />b. These areas may consist of lawn, planters, or shrub areas so long as the shrub areas, that <br />have to be twenty-four inches (24”) minimum in width, comprise a minimum of twenty <br />percent (20%) of the total linear dimension along the building’s perimeter. <br />8. With respect to internal street landscaping, there shall be one (1) tree at a one-inch (1”) <br />caliper provided every one hundred (100) feet, <br />9. All ground level HVAC, mechanical equipment cabinets, etc. shall be screened from view <br />through the use of landscaping, walls, and or fencing, <br />10. All solid waste containers, dumpsters, recycling bins, etc. shall be enclosed within a screened <br />area. In cases where the enclosure is connected to a building, the dumpster shall still be <br />required to be enclosed. <br /> <br /> <br />SECTION 2-3-3 SIGNS AND LIGHTING <br /> <br />Reference Exhibit F of the Exhibits section for Master Sign plans. <br />Lighting of Buildings, Parking Lots and Walkways <br />(NOTE THAT DEPICTIONS BELOW ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY AND DO NOT <br />REPRESENT ACTUAL TENANTS). <br />54