This chapter is intended to regulate development to:
A. Promote and to protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience
and general welfare;
B. Promote the orderly development of the community in accordance with
the Official Village Comprehensive Plan or any of the component parts
thereof;
C. Secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers;
D. Improve the visual image of the Village while maintaining scenic
values;
E. Lessen congestion in the streets;
F. Provide adequate standards of light, air and open space;
G. Maintain the aesthetic appearances and prevent the overcrowding of
land;
H. Mitigate urban heat islands;
I. Protect existing development and improve upon it;
J. Provide adequate public infrastructure and street and highway capacity;
K. Encourage alternative modes of transportation and minimize the visual,
physical and environmental impacts of a motor vehicle dominated transportation
system;
L. Minimize light pollution and the creation of sky glow;
M. Recognize the physical, environmental, social and psychological benefits
of good design of all aspects of the built environment including but
not limited to building construction, site improvement, signs and
landscaping;
N. Foster a rational pattern of relationship among agricultural, residential,
business, commercial and manufacturing uses for the mutual benefit
of all.
This article shall function in harmony with Part
500-1500, Site Plan Review, and all other chapters of the Village of Bellevue Zoning and Municipal Codes. In the event of a conflict, the stricter of the regulations shall apply. The following requirements are applicable to the approval and construction of all new multifamily residential projects, additions, remodeling, reconstruction, and rehabilitation as appropriate.
On-site landscaping shall be provided at time of building occupancy
and maintained per the following landscaping requirements:
A. A landscaping plan shall be submitted to the Village for approval,
as part of the site plan.
B. For approved tree plantings and specifications, see the most recently
adopted Village of Bellevue Arboricultural Specifications Manual.
[Added 11-14-2018 by Ord.
No. O-2018-12]
C. Building foundation landscaping is required for all building frontages
to provide visual breaks in the mass of the building.
(1)
Such foundation landscaping shall be placed along 30% of the
building's total perimeter, predominately near and along entrances
and along street sides.
(2)
One ornamental tree with a minimum 1.75 inches, caliper and
four shrubs at a minimum height of 18 inches tall shall be planted
for every 25 linear feet of building foundation planter area.
[Amended 11-14-2018 by Ord. No. O-2018-12]
(3)
One street tree a minimum of 1.75 inches, caliper shall be planted
at fifty-foot centers (for low- to mid-growth trees) and sixty-foot
centers (for large-growth trees).
(a)
Trees shall be located five feet behind the curb and four feet
from sidewalk or sidewalk reserve area of all public and private streets
and drives, including parking lot connections, circulation drives
and loading areas (except as determined unfeasible by the Village
Forester).
[Amended 11-14-2018 by Ord. No. O-2018-12]
(b)
Such tree plantings shall be planted along the circulation drives
adjacent to a public or private street, and along both sides of internal
drives.
(4)
One shade tree at a minimum of 1.75 inches caliper shall be
planted on each parking lot peninsula and island.
(5)
Coniferous trees must be a minimum of 48 inches in height at
the time of planting.
(6)
All landscaped areas where low-to mid-growth trees are planted
shall be a minimum of eight feet in diameter; all landscape areas
where large shade trees are to be planted shall be a minimum of 10
feet in diameter.
(7)
All required trees shall be allowed to grow to their natural
size and shape with pruning only as necessary to maintain good tree
health.
(8)
All parking abutting lower density residential lands or adjacent
to public rights-of-way shall be screened from view by the use of
berms that shall be planted with a mixture of deciduous and evergreen
trees and shrubs, and shall be an effective and pleasing barrier.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. ZOA 2020-0001]
(a)
All deciduous trees shall be a minimum of 1.75 inches caliper
when planted; evergreen trees shall be a minimum of four feet high
when planted.
(b)
Plant materials used for screening purposes shall be staggered
and sufficient in size to meet this standard within three years of
planting.
(9)
General landscaping shall be provided and maintained to aesthetically
enhance the overall development.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. ZOA 2020-0001]
(a)
Dead or terminally diseased plant materials, as determined by
the Village Forester, shall be removed and replaced with healthy plant
materials of comparable size and species that meet the original intent
of the approved landscape design within 45 days upon determination,
unless seasonal conditions prohibit removal and replacement. In such
case, the removal and replacement shall occur within a reasonable
period of time approved by the Village.
(b)
Failure to replace dead or terminally diseased plant materials within a reasonable period of time, as specified in Subsection
C(9)(a) above, shall be considered a violation of the site plan approval and is subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions of this Code.
(10)
All deciduous trees shall be a minimum of 1.75 inches caliper
at six inches above the ground when planted. All evergreen trees shall
be a minimum of four feet high when planted.
(11)
As part of the site plan review process, the Village Forester
will determine the appropriateness of the landscape plan in its entirety
and may make dimensional exceptions as necessary dependent on terrace
widths, etc.
(12)
All trees, shrubs, bushes and landscaping, shall be implemented
and maintained in perpetuity.
D. Greenspace. All sites must maintain a minimum of 50% of the total
lot area as greenspace.
(1)
Greenspace is that portion of the site which is not occupied
by principal or accessory structures, or by parking areas, sidewalks,
patios, driveways, or other vehicular travel paths or facilities.
(2)
Green areas reserved for stormwater management facilities may generally be counted towards greenspace calculations pursuant to Subsection
D(3) below.
(3)
Areas located in floodways, floodplains, wetlands, or drainage
corridors may or may not be counted towards the greenspace requirement
depending on their location and relationship to the site plan.
(4)
Property which is part of a lot, but which could be subdivided
for use as a separate building site, may not be used towards meeting
greenspace requirements.
Signage shall be complimentary and appropriately designed and
pursuant to Part 500-1800, Signs.
A. Freestanding (pylon type) signs are prohibited. Monument signs shall
be permitted.
B. The Village may require the use of muted corporate colors on signage
if proposed colors are not compatible with the Village's design objectives
for the area or the established aesthetic of the development.
C. Monument signs shall be coordinated and complimentary to the overall
building and development through the utilization of similar materials,
architecture and colors.
D. Landscaping shall be used at the base of signs to complement their
design, obscure support structures, and to enhance overall site appearance.