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(3) Landscape Standards. (a) Applicability of Parking Area Landscape Standards The standards in subparagraphs (b) - (e) apply to all outdoor parking areas, including carports, that provide for 3 or more spaces, any building expansion that increases the building's square footage by 20 percent or more, or any expansion of an existing parking lot or vehicular use area except: 1. Parking required for single - family or two - family residences. 2. Exceptions set out in subparagraphs (b) - (e) of this section. 3. Structured parking. Any expansion of an existing parking lot or vehicular use area on a lot will require improvement of the non - conforming portion of the lot as well as the expanded area. Paving of any portion of a legal non - conforming gravel parking area shall require the entire parking area to comply with the parking area landscape standards. Subsection (1} applies to structured parking. (b) General Parking Area Landscape Standards. Canopy trees shall be required at the minimum rate of 1 tree for every 3,000 square feet of paved vehicular use areas on the site and shall be distributed throughout the site. Except within /TD overlay zone areas, trees shall be planted in a landscaped area such that the tree trunk is at least 3 feet from any outside curb edge or paved area. within /TD overlay zone areas, the tree shall be planted at least 2 feet from any outside curb edge or paved area. Vehicular use areas include parking spaces, driveways, interior roadways, loading areas, and fleet vehicle storage areas. Large -scale coniferous trees may be substituted for required canopy trees at a maximum rate of 10 percent. Parking area screening requirements may be achieved through a - combination of change of grade and use of plant materials. The use of berms or drainage swales is acceptable, as is lowering the grade of the parking area. (c) Parking Area Landscgpiniz Along Street and Drivewa y Entrances. 1. Parking areas within SO' of a street, except an alley, shall provide a landscape strip between the street and the parking areas as follows: a. In all areas except in the /TD overlay zone, a landscape strip at least 7 feet in width shall be provided. b. Within a /TD overlay zone, a landscape strip at least 5 feet in width shall be provided. c. Landscape strips along a street may be pierced by pedestrian and vehicular accessways. Landscape strips along a street shall be landscaped according to the standards in EC 9.6210(2) Low Screen Landscape Standard (L -2). (See Figure 9.6420(3)(c)1. Parking Area Landscaping Along a Street and Figure 9.6420(3)(c)2. Parking Area Landscaping Along a Driveway Entrance.) Ordinance - 228