The landscaping and screening regulations provide additional
guidance on the development of sites within Papillion by addressing
landscaping and screening requirements. They are designed to improve
the appearance of the community; buffer potentially incompatible land
uses from one another; and conserve the value of properties within
the City of Papillion.
The provisions of this article shall apply to all new development
on each lot or site upon application for a building permit, except
for the following:
A. Reconstruction or replacement of a lawfully existing use or structure
following a casualty loss.
B. Remodeling, rehabilitation or improvements to existing uses or structures
which do not substantially change the location of structures, parking
or other site improvements.
C. Additions or enlargements of existing uses or structures which increase
floor area or impervious coverage area by less than 20%. Where such
additions or enlargements are 20% or greater, these provisions shall
apply only to that portion where the new development occurs.
Landscaping shall be required adjacent to each street property
line as set forth below.
Required Landscaped Area in Street Yards
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Zoning District
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Street Landscape Border2
(feet)
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Minimum % of Area of First 100 Feet of Street Yard to
Be Landscaped
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AG
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35
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80% of entire street yard
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RE
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35
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75% of entire street yard
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R-1
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20
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65% of entire street yard
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R-2
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20
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55% of entire street yard
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R-3
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20
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50% of entire street yard
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R-4
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15
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50% of entire street yard
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MH
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351
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65% of entire street yard
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O
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15
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25%
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LC
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15
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25%
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CC
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10
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25%
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CBD
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No requirement
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20%
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GC
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10
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20%
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LI
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10
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15%
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GI
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No requirement
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10%
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NOTES:
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1
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The street landscape border is 20 feet for permitted uses other
than mobile home parks.
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2
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Paving is not permitted within the required street landscape border unless it complies with § 205-228B.
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Buildings may be located in the street landscape border, provided
that the building setback requirements are met.
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The owner of the property, and his/her successors, heirs and
assigns, shall be responsible for the proper maintenance of all required
landscaped areas. Landscaping shall be maintained continuously, including
all necessary watering, weeding, pruning, pest control and replacement
of dead or diseased plant material. Replacement of dead and diseased
material shall be of the same type and size set forth on the approved
landscaping plan. Replacement shall occur within the present planting
season or may be deferred to the next planting season by the Planning
Director to accommodate unfavorable weather conditions. In no case
shall replacement time exceed one year.
This section shall provide an alternative to satisfy a landscaping
or screening condition of occupancy, a landscaping or screening condition
of issuance for a certificate of occupancy, and/or a landscaping or
screening condition of issuance for a certificate of zoning compliance,
as identified throughout this article. Accordingly, the City Council
shall accept a landscaping or screening letter of credit, cash escrow,
or other performance guaranty submitted to the Chief Building Official
or designee in a form acceptable to the City in an amount of 120%
of the estimated cost of the required landscaping or screening improvement.
Any such guaranty shall comply with the following requirements:
A. The guaranty shall be submitted in a form approved by the Chief Building
Official or designee. The guaranty shall be in writing and shall identify
the amount of the guaranty, the required terms, and the permitted
time allowed for the installation of the required landscaping or screening
improvement. The guaranty shall expire in no less than 18 months from
the date of its issuance or as otherwise required by the Chief Building
Official or designee.
B. The permitted time allowed for said installation shall be limited
to one year after occupancy, the issuance of a certificate of occupancy,
the issuance of a certificate of zoning compliance, or the commencement
of operations, whichever comes first; however, this time period may
be extended by the City Council upon written recommendation by the
Chief Building Official or designee.
C. In the event the required landscaping or screening improvement is
not installed by the expiration of the permitted time, the developer
or owner of the land at issue shall grant the City of Papillion permission
to enter upon the land to install the required landscaping or screening,
and the City shall retain the corresponding guaranty.
These provisions apply when a use is established in a more intensive
zoning district (District A) which is adjacent to a less intensive
zoning district (District B). The owner, developer or operator of
the use within District A shall install and maintain a landscaped
buffer yard on his/her lot or site, as set forth in this section.
Buffer yard requirements apply only to those districts indicated in
the Buffer Yard Requirements Table.
A. The buffer yard dimensions set forth in this section apply to zoning
districts which share a common lot line or are adjacent but separated
by an intervening street or alley.
B. When a street or alley separates adjacent zoning districts requiring
a buffer yard, the size of the buffer yard shall be 1/2 the required
buffer yard set forth in this section. No buffer yard is required
where the separating street right-of-way exceeds 75 feet in width.
C. Each required buffer yard must be entirely landscaped and free of
paved areas, accessways, storage or other disturbances.
Buffer Yard Requirements
(feet)
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District B: Less Intensive Adjacent District
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AG
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RE
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R-1
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R-2, R-3
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R-4
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MH
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District A
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R-4
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30
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30
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30
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20
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NA
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NA
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More Intensive District
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O, LC
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15
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15
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15
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15
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10
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10
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CC
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30
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40
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40
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30
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20
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20
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GC
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30
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30
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40
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30
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20
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20
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LI
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30
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30
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40
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30
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30
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30
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GI
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50
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50
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50
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50
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50
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50
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NOTES:
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1.
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Buffer requirements do not apply to single-family or duplex
residential uses established in District A.
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2.
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Buffer requirements adjacent to AG and RE Districts apply only
when the AG and RE Districts have residential uses established either
by use or approved subdivision, or are designated for residential
uses by the City's Comprehensive Plan.
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Unless otherwise noted, each parking facility shall comply with
the following regulations:
A. Parking lot peripheral landscaping is required for all parking facilities.
Parking lot peripheral landscaping is defined as the continuous landscaped
area(s) at the physical edge around the parking facility.
(1)
Front/street side yards. Parking facilities may not be located in the street landscape border required by §
205-227. If no street landscape border is required, the parking facility shall provide a minimum ten-foot peripheral landscape area along all edges of the parking facility that are within or adjacent to a front or street side yard.
(2)
Rear yards/interior side yards. All parking facilities shall
provide a minimum five-foot peripheral landscape area along all edges
of the parking facility that are within or adjacent to a rear or interior
side yard unless:
(a)
The parking lot is interconnected with a parking lot on an adjoining
lot and cross access is permitted.
(b)
The edge of the parking lot abuts the primary access to principal
building.
(c)
The edge of the parking lot abuts a buffer yard required by §
205-231.
(d)
The parking lot is located behind the principal building's building
line that is adjacent to a rear or interior side lot line.
B. Each parking structure shall be considered a structure and subject
to the setback and landscaping requirements for its respective zoning
district.
C. Parking facilities may not be located in a buffer yard required by §
205-231. If no buffer yard is required, each parking facility that abuts a residential use without an intervening street or alley shall provide a ten-foot landscaped buffer along its common property line with the residential use.
D. Parking facility screening. Any nonresidential parking facility that abuts property in a residential district shall provide a screen compliant with the provisions of §
205-232B for the length of the common boundary. A grade change, terrace, or other site or design feature which blocks the sight line of headlights into a residential property may satisfy this requirement, subject to the determination of the Planning Director.
E. Parking facility interior landscaping. Each unenclosed parking facility
of over 5,000 square feet shall provide an interior landscaped area
equal to no less than 5% of the total paved area of the parking facility.
No more than 200 continuous feet of parking may be provided in a single
row without an intervening planting bed or island. Planting beds may
also be used to define pedestrian or vehicular traffic flows within
the lot. The minimum size of a planting bed or landscaped island shall
be 150 square feet. Parking facilities within the LI and GI Districts
shall be exempt from any interior landscaping requirement. Licensed
automobile dealership display lots are not considered to be unenclosed
parking facilities for the purposes of this chapter and therefore
do not require interior landscaping as set forth in this section.
F. Parking lots providing over 400 stalls shall be broken into blocks
or units defined by landscaping that include no more than 200 stalls
per block.
G. Landscaping or screening installed in any required landscaped area
shall not obstruct the view from the off-street parking facility to
any driveway approach, street, alley, or sidewalk. Landscaping shall
further not obstruct any views among parking spaces and circulation
ways, or visibility between vehicles and pedestrians.
[Amended 4-4-2017 by Ord.
No. 1765
This section establishes the amount of landscaping required
in each of the landscape situations set forth by this chapter.
A. Street landscape border: one deciduous tree and five shrubs; one deciduous tree and one evergreen tree; or 1.5 deciduous trees for each 500 square feet of street landscape border required by §
205-227. A minimum of one tree shall be provided for every 50 linear feet of arterial and collector rights-of-way.
B. First 100 feet of street yard landscaping: one deciduous tree and five shrubs; one deciduous tree and one evergreen tree; or two deciduous trees for each 1,000 square feet of street yard landscaping. The planting requirement for street yard landscaping shall be calculated by multiplying the area within the first 100 feet of the street yard by the minimum percentage of area of the first 100 feet of street yard to be landscaped established in §
205-227. For example, if the area of the first 100 feet of the street yard of a lot in the CC District is 10,000 square feet, then the calculation is 10,000 square feet divided by 1,000 square feet, which results in a subtotal of 10 planting units. The 10 planting units are then multiplied by 25% for a total planting unit requirement of 2.5 units. The 2.5 units are then rounded to whole number. As such, the lot is required to provide a total of three deciduous trees and five shrubs; three deciduous trees and three evergreen trees; or six deciduous trees.
C. Buffer yard: one deciduous tree and two evergreen trees for each 1,000 square feet of buffer yard required by §
205-231. Vegetative screens shall be credited toward satisfaction of this requirement.
D. Parking lot peripheral landscaping: one deciduous tree and five shrubs; one deciduous tree and one evergreen tree; or two deciduous trees for each 500 square feet of landscape area required by §
205-233A.
E. Parking lot interior landscaping: one deciduous tree for each 20
parking spaces within the parking lot.
F. Residential development: two deciduous shade or evergreen trees,
one in the front yard and one in the rear yard, shall be installed
per single-family, townhouse, duplex, attached single-family or two-family
dwelling unit. The trees shall be installed prior to occupancy.
G. Multifamily developments. Multifamily (high-density residential area)
developments shall provide one deciduous shade or evergreen tree,
or two ornamental trees, and three shrubs for every dwelling unit.
H. Variety of landscaping. A variety of tree and shrub species shall
be utilized to provide visual, four-season interest. Not more than
1/3 of the required number of trees and shrubs may be comprised of
any one species and at least 1/3 of the required plants should be
a coniferous or evergreen species.
I. Credit for landscaping.
(1)
When a computation of required planting materials results in
a fraction of 0.5 or greater, the requirement should be rounded up
to the next whole number.
(2)
Landscaping that is credited toward satisfying the first 100
feet of street yard landscaping requirement shall not be credited
toward satisfying the street landscape border requirement.
(3)
All landscaping within a required buffer yard that is located
within the street landscape border shall be credited toward satisfying
the street landscape border requirement.
(4)
All landscaping within a required buffer yard that is located
within the first 100 feet street yard shall be credited toward satisfying
the first 100 feet of street yard landscaping requirements.
(5)
Parking lot peripheral and interior landscaping areas shall
not credit toward satisfying the first 100 feet of street yard landscaping
requirements.
(6)
Multifamily development landscaping requirements are in addition
to street landscape border, street yard or buffer yard landscaping
requirements.
(7)
For street landscape borders and the first 100 feet of street
landscaping only, boulders may be substituted for up to 5% of the
deciduous tree requirement according to the boulder substitution schedule.
Boulder Substitution Schedule
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Dimension of Boulder
(inches)
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Number of Boulders Required to be Equivalent to One Deciduous
Tree
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12 by 18
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5
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18 by 24
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3
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24 by 36
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2
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Over 24 by 36
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1
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Each landscaping plan shall include an inventory of existing
trees on the site. Each tree of an approved species shall be replaced
by another approved tree according to the following schedule. All
replacement trees shall be consistent with the requirements of this
article.
Tree Replacement Schedule
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Call per Measurement of Removed Tree
(inches)
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Required Number of Replacement Trees for Each Removed
Tree
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2 to 3
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1
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3.1 to 6
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2
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6.1 to 9
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3
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Over 9
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4
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