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Z | 11 - 2 December 13, 1988 shall not be reduced to an amount less than that required under this Chapter for a 48 similar new building or use. Off-street parking facilities provided to comply with this Chapter shall not 49 be reduced below the Chapter requirements. Unless permitted, Rrequired parking or loading space shall 50 not be used for storage of goods, trash disposal containers, or vehicles that are inoperable or for sale or 51 rent, or any use other than the parking of vehicles. Up to 15% of parking spaces in parking areas may be 52 used for snow storage during winter conditions. 53 54 (54) Location of Parking. Except as provided elsewhere in this ordinance, Rrequired off-street parking 55 spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the principal building except as noted in Section 11-040 (5). 56 Additionally: 57 A. Surface parking should be located to the rear or side of the building(s), toward the interior of 58 lots, and should be screened from view from adjacent streets. 59 B. Structured parking shall be placed to minimize impacts on surrounding development and be 60 designed to be compatible – in terms of form, materials, and architectural style – with adjacent 61 development. 62 C. Parking lots are discouraged from locating withing floodplain and flood-prone areas. 63 64 (65) Buffers and screens. Off-street parking for single and two family residences shall not be required to 65 be screened. Off-street parking areas of four or more spaces and loading areas on properties that are 66 adjacent to any residential district shall be screened from the residential district by one or more of the 67 followingshall be regulated by the following provisions: an opaque fence per Section 4-540, a planting 68 screen, a land berm of appropriate height or combination of the foregoing. Plans for a fence or 69 landscaping screen shall be submitted for approval at the time of site plan application and shall be 70 installed as part of the approved site improvements. Off-street parking for single and two family 71 residences shall not be required to be screened. 72 A. Where a surface parking lot directly abuts a street or public space, a minimum six-foot wide 73 landscape buffer with grass, or groundcover plantings, and trees located a minimum of thirty (30) 74 feet on center. The landscape buffer shall also contain a continuous row of shrubs to grow at least 75 four (4) feet tall within 2 years, or combination of landscape berm and shrubs, to shield 76 headlights. 77 B. Plans for a fence or landscaping screen shall be submitted for approval at the time of site plan 78 application and shall be installed as part of the approved site improvements. 79 1. A screen wall, at least six (6) feet in height, with materials that are compatible with 80 the primary building. A screen wall may be substituted with a continuous row of shrubs 81 or berm/shrub combination between similar uses, subject to approval by the Department 82 of Community Assets and Development. 83 2. A landscaped buffer, at least six (6) feet in width, between the property line and the 84 parking area. 85 C. Screening shall be setback from parking areas and pedestrian pathways to not create winter 86 shade on saltable surfaces. At a minimum, a hedge, screen wall, or opaque fence shall be set back 87 from a surface as far away as it is tall. Deciduous trees shall be exempt from this requirement. 88 89 90 (7) Landscaping and Vegetation. Vegetation may be used as a natural filtration as a part of a site 91 drainage system and where drainage patterns align to flow towards these areas prior to stormwater runoff 92 reaches surface water resources. 93 A. General Requirements: 94 1. Trees planted on the south side or within parking areas shall be deciduous to 95 Commented [HD4]: Altered to consolidate reduction of spaces and address snow storage Commented [HD5]: From Mixed Use district requirements Commented [HD6]: From Sustainability and Low Salt Experts Commented [HD7]: From Mixed Use district requirements Commented [HD8]: Recommended by Sustainability and Low Salt Experts