12 204 Chapter Parking Area Landscape LANDSCAPE Franklin Zoning Ordinance Effective January 1, 2023 12.6 Parking Area Landscape 12.6.1 Internal Drives See Section 9.3, Internal Drives. 12.6.2 Landscape Islands A. Surface parking areas of 20 spaces or more shall provide landscape islands that: 1. Are placed at maximum intervals of every ten parking spaces and at the end of each row of parking spaces; 2. Provide a minimum width of at least eight feet and the same length as adjacent parking spaces; 3. Contain one canopy tree within a landscape island that spans one parking space length; and 4. Contain two canopy trees within a landscape island that spans two parking space lengths. B. Additionally, surface parking areas of 100 or more spaces shall be organized into a series of smaller modules, no more than four parking bays wide, separated by a landscape island that: 1. Is a minimum of eight feet wide, or 17 feet wide if accommodating a sidewalk that connects a building main entrance with its associated parking area; 2. Runs the length of the parking bay; and 3. Contains a minimum of two canopy trees. Figure 12.6.2 Landscape Islands Restaurant/ Retail/Office ARTERIAL COLLECTOR Restaurant/ Retail/Office 12.6.3 Perimeter Landscape Perimeter landscape shall screen the view of surface parking areas from streets and adjacent properties with an opaque screen, excluding required sight clearances at driveways and ingress/egress locations. A. A perimeter planting strip shall: 1. Be located along the perimeter of a surface parking area and maintain a minimum average width of six feet, as measured from the outer edge of the parking area; 2. Contain a continuous hedge composed of a double staggered row of evergreen shrubs and deciduous shrubs with a minimum planting height of 30 inches and planted three feet on-center. Up to 25 percent may be deciduous; and 3. Include three canopy trees per 100 linear feet of the perimeter of the total parking area. Clustering is permitted. In areas where overhead utilities prevent the use of canopy trees, understory trees may be substituted. B. A perimeter planting strip shall not be required when: 1. A parking area is contiguous to a required buffer and the screening intent of this Section is met; or 2. A parking area is contiguous to another parking area that is on an adjacent property. 12.6.4 Planting Location Plant material shall be located at least 2.5 feet from the back edge of the curb.
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