Section
175-37.07 OFF-STREET PARKING.
A. The
number, design, location and construction of parking
lots, bays, spaces and drives shall conform to the applicable
requirements of
Sections 175-104 and 175-105 Zoning Ordinance and Section 148-48 of the
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. Parking for
commercial land
uses shall also comply with Section 175-45 of the Front Royal Town Code.
1. Parking
areas shall be planted with
trees a minimum of two inches in caliper measured six inches above
ground
level, so that there is at least one tree per ten parking spaces within
the
parking lot. Such trees must be protected by curbing or other
means
against damage by vehicles. A minimum planting area, equivalent
to 162
square feet per tree, shall be provided.
2. Parking
areas
shall have a landscaped island at each end of each row of vehicle
spaces.
No more than 15 spaces shall be laid out without an intermediate
landscape
island. Such planting islands shall be not less than nine feet wide in
the
direction parallel to the row and not less than 18 feet long in the
direction
perpendicular to the row. Each such island shall have a suitable
poured-in-place concrete curb, or approved equal, and shall be planted
with
grass or ground cover. All hydrants shall be located in such
islands.
(Ord. No. Z-1-05 Added Entire Section 4-11-05-Effective Upon Passage)