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Objective: Buffer Parking Lots Objective: Landscape Parking Lot Interiors Interior parking lot landscaping Is essential to im- A narrow setback that Includes overstory trees and prove the appearance of parking lots. Land- a low screen made of wood, concrete, brick, or scaped islands provide visual relief from large ex- ornamental iron railings can be very effective at panses of asphalt and automobiles,while shade screening views of the parking lot and maintaining trees add the vertical dimension that is often the street wall, needed to maintain a pedestrian scale. _ .w If properly designed, parking lot islands can be landscaped cheaply and effectively,They should incorporate drought-and salt-tolerant trees that �. are indigenous to the area.The ground layer should consist of materials that will not be destroyed by the weight of snow piles,such as decorative mulch, r ' ' ..- or shrubs and perennials that may be sheared to the ground in late fall. Islands should be large enough and the soil uncompacted and treated ns y,i to provide adequate habitat for trees and other plant materials. In the Heart of the City district,at least 10 percent t�r f, of the total land area within the parking and drive- way areas must be landscaped. Up to five per- The combination of railings and trees buffers parking lots - cent of this requirement may be credited from and delineates the pedestrian realm the landscaped areas provided within the build- to line. • Parking lot islands must measure at least 150 a square feet in area and include at least one 2-1/2"caliper overstory tree . • One tree per 25 feet of parking lot frontage must be included in the perimeter landscape area.