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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD11913 • BILL NO. 93-28 AMENDED SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN GREEN ORDINANCE NO. 11913 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURIP E CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,BY AM ENDING 64.A.9 OF CHAPTER 35 AS IT PERTAINS TO LANDSCAPE PLANTING REQUIREMENTS. , BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: by Section 1. The Code of the City of Jefferson,his n is hereby aenewnsection deleting Section 35-64.A.9 of Chapter 35 g to read as follows: 9. Landscape Planting Requirements. a, Purposes. to The purposes of these regulations are to improve air qutY, reduce heat and glare, and add to the aesthetic quality of our living environment. Trees appreciably reduce e dangerous z cabon dioxide content of the air, are proven producers and play a vital role, through transpiration and otherwise, in purifying the air we breathe. Trees are valuable physical and aesthetic community assets in that they provide cooling shade, reduce noise levels and glare, and break the monotony of large " parking areas and other human developments. b, General Requirements. Landscape plantings shall be installed on all parking lots containing more than ten spaces. Such plantings may, with City approval, be in public right-of-way adjacent to the parking lot. Such p]!,antings shall consist of the number of standard trees (see Definitions) needed to shade at least thirty-five percent of the parking lot when the trees are mature. The retained hire the provided by a mature tree shall be the area co perimeter of the tree's leaf canopy projected vertically to the ground. The canopy diameter of a mature specie of tree shall be based on the "Handbook of Landscape Tree Cultivars' ,Willet N. Wandell, Horticultural Research Institute Foundation,pubdl lee in 1989 by the East Prairie Publishing Company of Gla s o , Illinois. c. Maximum Lot Size. .s No parking area shall contain more than 150 spaces. If a greater number is required, separate parking spaces of not more than 150 spaces shall be provided and shall be separated by a landscaped area at least fifteen feet in width. The use of berms and evergreen trees in the landscaped strip is encouraged but not mandated. Appropriately placed connecting drives between parking lots are permitted. d. Plan Required. Such plantings shall be installed in the parking lots, adjacent k rights-of-way, and landscape strips (if any) in accordance with landscape or planting plan approved by the Planning Department or, in the case of Planned Districts, by the Commission, and in accordance with the city specifications. The required trees shall not be concentrated in a few areas but shall be distributed throughout the entire lot. A plan shall not be approved unless it is in accordance with and directed toward the attainment of the purposes stated in subsection (a) above. The amount of shade provided by mature parking lot trees may be reduced to twenty- , , five percent in cases where the landscape plan makes effective use of berms, living screens, or landscaped strips or areas within the parking lot. e. Planting Area and Topsoil Requirement. A minimum of 100 square feet of exposed topsoil and a minimum of 500 cubic feet of fertile soil shall be provided for each standard tree. Peat, sand and fertilizers may be mixed with the topsoil in accordance with accepted horticultural practices. £ Variance Provision. If the property owner can prove that for reasons of rock or other unusual characteristics, such planting is not possible, this requirement may be varied by the Board of Adjustment. A variance, if granted, shall be limited to the minimum variance necessary to resolve, in whole or in part, the particular problem of the applicant. g. Maintenance and ]Enforcement Required. 1. Trees and shrubs shall be maintained in good condition and replaced where necessary to ensure the continuation of the planting or landscape plan as approved. Upon failure to do so, the Director of Planning shall have the power to prohibit parking until maintenance or replacement is completed provided that at least 45 days has elapsed since the notice of violation was sent. 2. The landscape plantings shall be considered as an element of a project in the same manner as paved parking, building construction and materials, storm water drainage, and other elements. A Building Permit shall not be issued prior to the approval of the planting plan, except a Building Permit for only the footings and foundations of a structure may be issued prior to the approval of the planting plan, provided however., no • parking lot paving shall be accomplished under said footing and foundation permit and, further provided, all plantings called for in the approved planting approval planting plan shall be installed prior to the issuance of a final Certificate of Occupancy. If, at the time of the request for the certificate the plantings cannot be installed or would be jeopardized by weather, an instrument signed by the owner specifying the materials will be installed in the next planting season may be accepted to allow the issuance of a temporary Certificate of Occupancy. ? Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are severable. I£ 1: any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect six months from and after the date of its passage and approval. Passed � 7 9 q3 Approved 01 9 ,q3 f. Presiding cer ay ATTEST: City Clerk Jl a ,;4. 1 .r ° ice_ - a., °� . h,!'S d3,. .e. ,.+11 ti �Y .i • 4�. ,e '�`�'