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)