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Z | 11 - 3 melting. 2. Landscaping or plantings shall consist of native vegetation species and not require the use of pesticides, herbicides, insecticides or other, plant treatments, especially neonicotinoids. C. Landscaped parking lot islands a minimum of (nine) 9 feet wide and long enough to protect adjacent parking spaces shall be required at the beginning and end of each parking row to break up longer rows. This requirement may be waived if the parking lot design achieves all of the following: 1. Consolidates landscape and stormwater management areas into large medians, 2. Demonstrates adequate traffic calming, 3. Implements design techniques for using less salt in winter conditions, and 4. Medians can function as adequate snow storage as part of a snow storage plan. D. Parking spaces and rows shall be organized to provide consolidated landscaped areas and on-site stormwater management. (86) Lighting. A. Maximum site illumination shall be regulated as follows: 1. Site illumination shall not exceed .4 5 foot-candles at ground level when measured at an adjoining residential property in residential areas and 2.0 footcandles in non- residential areas. 2. Lighting on the site and building shall be full cut-off directional lighting directed downward, and installed so as to prevent direct light from being detectable at the lot line of the site on which the light source is located. 3. The site plan or alternate design documentation must contain illuminance models showing light levels throughout the site as determined necessary by the city. B. Lighting structures shall be located within a safety island or around the perimeter of the parking area and shall not be placed as freestanding structures within the parking area. Lighting structures may be placed within a traffic safety island when the parking area is sufficiently large enough to allow snow plows unimpeded access around and between island during winter snow events. Light structures within parking lots may not exceed 20 feet in height in vehicular areas and a maximum of 15 feet in height in pedestrian areas. C. Lighting as described in this Subsection shall not shine directly into the public right-of-way, or onto any residential use, or into any natural areas, including wetlands, ponds, prairies, and forested areas. (Ord. No. 567, 12-13-88; Ord. No. 662, 11-23-99; Code of 2001) Section 11-020. Construction and Maintenance. (1) Surfacing. All off-street driving, loading, and parking areas shall have a paved surface. No vehicle may be parked and no property owner shall allow a vehicle to be parked off-street unless the vehicle is on and over an approved bituminous, concrete, brick, or decorative block surface that spans the entire vehicle. Permeable surfaces are allowed, such as permeable pavers, permeable asphalt, or other approved and improved permeable materials. Permeable surfaces must be designed, constructed, and maintained to allow infiltration or collection of stormwater in order to count as a permeable surface. For the purposes of calculating impervious surfaces, permeable surfaces allowed for parking areas may count against impervious surface maximums found in residential zoning districts and shoreland requirements. The definition of a “vehicle” in Minn. Stats. §169.011 is hereby adopted for the purpose of this ordinance and includes any conveyance with an axle. (Ord. 768, 11-25-2008). Parking areas and driveways shall be kept Commented [HD6]: Recommended by Sustainability and Low Salt Experts Commented [HD7]: From Sustainability and Traffic Engineer Experts Commented [HD8R7]: Supported by Illumination Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Commented [HD9]: From Sustainability and Low Salt Experts Commented [HD10]: From Sustainability Expert