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 Monroe County
 Land Development Code
 Chapter 114. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
 Article IV. LANDSCAPING

  § 114-100. Required Landscaping.  

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  • (a)

    All off-street parking areas containing more than six (6) spaces shall be landscaped in accordance with the following standards:

    (1)

    Interior landscaping shall be installed in landscape areas designated for the purposes of controlling traffic, providing shade, screening unnecessary views into and within the vehicular use areas, and separating parking circulation and service areas.

    (2)

    Parking lots shall be designed to be sustainable and to function as part of the development's stormwater management system, utilizing vegetated islands as bioretention/swale areas, at/or below grade and with curb cuts. Existing natural drainage ways and vegetated channels shall be incorporated into the design, rather than the standard soil mounding, continuous concrete curb and gutter configuration, to decrease flow velocity and allow for stormwater infiltration.

    (3)

    Landscaping shall be provided in a square footage area equal to a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the gross parking lot area (includes both parking and vehicular use area). Calculations to verify these requirements shall be shown on the landscape plan per Section 114-108. Such required parking lot landscaping area shall be in addition to other required bufferyards.

    (4)

    No required parking lot landscaping area shall have any dimension less than five (5) feet.

    (5)

    For all off-street parking areas containing twenty (20) or more spaces a terminal island shall be provided at the end of each row of parking adjacent to the travel lanes or parking aisle serving the parking.

    (6)

    Island landscape areas shall be provided for at least every ten (10) parking spaces in a row.

    (7)

    One (1) tree shall be required for every one thousand (1,000) square feet, or fraction thereof, of gross parking lot area (includes both parking and vehicular use area). Every island shall have a minimum one (1) canopy tree.

    (8)

    Four (4) shrubs/groundcover shall be required for every one thousand (1,000) square feet, or fraction thereof, of gross parking lot area (includes both parking and vehicular use area).

    (9)

    100% of required parking lot landscaping material shall be native species, as listed in Section 114-105.

    (10)

    A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the required trees shall be native canopy species, as defined in Section 114-105, and shall have a minimum of twenty (20) feet on-center spacing.

    (11)

    A minimum of forty percent (40%) of the required trees shall be native understory species, as defined in Section 114-105.

    (12)

    A maximum of ten percent (10%) of the required trees may be native palm species, as defined in Section 114-105.

    (13)

    Turf shall not be used in any of the parking lot islands; instead, canopy trees, shrubs and groundcovers shall be used.

    (14)

    Existing native plant material that is retained and meets the planting requirements relative to location, size and species may be counted toward the total planting requirement of this section.

    (15)

    Landscaping on each island shall be located so as not to cause a traffic hazard. Visibility must be maintained for traffic movements. Shrubs shall not exceed thirty (30) inches in height, and trees shall be kept with at least four (4) feet of clear trunk.

    (b)

    Areas Available for Parking Lot Landscaping.  

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( Ord. No. 006-2016 , § 1(Exh. 1), 4-13-2016)