18.40.050 Landscaping – Street frontages.
The average width of perimeter landscaping along street frontages shall be provided as follows:
(1) Twenty feet of Type II landscaping shall be provided for an institutional use, excluding playgrounds and playfields;
(2) Ten feet of Type II landscaping shall be provided for an industrial development;
(3) Ten feet of Type II landscaping shall be provided for an above-ground utility facilities development, excluding distribution and transmission corridors, located outside a public right-of-way;
(4) Ten feet of Type III landscaping shall be provided for a commercial or attached/group residence development if not placed adjacent to the property line in conformance with the block-frontage requirements of Chapter 18.31 CMC, Article IV; and
(5) For all development:
(a) Trees shall be planted at the rate of one tree for every 35 feet of frontage along all public/private streets;
(b) The trees shall be:
(i) Located within the street right-of-way or utility easement, as specified in the City’s street standards, adopted by reference in Chapter 12.60 CMC;
(ii) Maintained by the adjacent landowner unless part of a City maintenance program;
(iii) A species approved by the City and compatible with overhead utility lines, if present;
(c) The trees may be spaced at irregular intervals to accommodate sight distance requirements for driveways and intersections. (Ord. 08-21 § 4 (Exh. C); Ord. 10-10 § 3 (Exh. C); Ord. 42-02 § 2 (21A.16.050))