1. Off-street parking areas shall not be permitted to be located between the public street and any principal building.
2. Where practical, off-street parking areas shall be connected to adjacent parcels through a rear or side yard access drive constructed parallel to the public street to which the use fronts or is located along. If the adjacent parcel is undeveloped or vacant, the access drive shall be extended to the lot line for future connection to the adjacent parcel.
3. Where practical, adjacent parcels should utilize shared driveways and off-street parking areas to minimize the number of curb cuts within the district.
4. The number of required parking spaces as well as other general design standards shall be provided as outlined in Article 1900.
5. Perimeter/Internal Parking Area Landscape Requirements. The following standards are in-lieu of the bufferyard standards contained in Article 2000.
(a) Parking areas shall include a minimum perimeter landscaping planting area eight (8) feet in width to include a continuous planting of flowering shrubs or hedges (a minimum of 3 ½ feet in height) and shade trees planted forty (40) feet on center for the length of the parking lot boundary. The intent is to buffer vehicles, their headlights from the adjacent property and the street as well as to create a continuous canopy of shade trees.
(b) Perimeter hedgerow or shrub plantings may be used in combination with fencing, to include an architectural masonry wall or other alternative fencing (not to exceed four feet in height), e.g. aluminum ornamental fence with brick piers. No wire fabric or similar material fencing shall be permitted.
(c) One (1) shade tree shall be provided for every ten (10) parking spaces. Shade trees shall be planted in a terminal island located at both ends of each unbroken row of parking containing twenty (20) parking spaces. Terminal islands shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet in length and a minimum of ten (10) feet in width. A landscaped island (landscape divider strip) shall be located every third row of adjoining parking to prevent traffic movement across parking isles. The planting island shall be eight (8) feet in width and include shade trees planted every 40 feet on center.
