In all R-4 Multifamily Dwelling Districts, R-5 Apartment Zoning
Districts, and PRD Planned Residential Developments:
A. At least one deciduous tree shall be planted for each dwelling unit.
(1) Tree requirement may be met with a minimum of one deciduous tree
per 40 feet of linear street frontage planted in the front yard no
closer than 10 feet from the front lot line.
(2) Minimum size for new trees is two-inch DBH.
(3)
All yard areas not utilized for off-street parking, driveways,
gardens, trees or shrubs or similar uses shall be seeded, sodded,
landscaped or paved with a permeable paving material within a reasonable
period of time and in no event later than 365 days after the issuance
of a building permit.
B. All dumpsters, refuse containers, trash containers and private recyclable
containers in all R-4 Multifamily Dwelling Districts, R-5 Apartment
Zoning Districts, and PRD Planned Residential Developments shall be
screened completely and stored out of public view in all cases except
on collection day.
In all R-4 Multifamily Dwelling Districts, R-5 Apartment Zoning
Districts, and PRD Planned Residential Developments:
A. A five-foot-wide strip of ground cover, shrubbery, trees or other
landscape materials shall be provided between the right-of-way and
all open, off-street parking areas.
(1) With the exception of ingress and egress points, said strip shall
be landscaped and maintained to prohibit vehicular and pedestrian
access.
(2) Landscaping species at their mature heights shall not obstruct visibility
for traffic entering or leaving the lot or traveling on the public
street/alley.
(3)
Trees shall be placed an average of one tree per 40 feet of
right-of-way frontage.
B. All open, off-street parking areas of five or more spaces shall be
landscaped. The perimeter of parking areas shall be planted with deciduous
canopy trees at a number equal to one tree per 10 perimeter parking
spaces and spaced to provide maximum shading of the parking area.
(1) At least one canopy tree per 10 parking spaces shall be provided.
This calculation can include perimeter trees and trees within the
parking area, depending on the size of the lot and number of spaces.
(2) No parking space can be greater than 60 feet from the trunk of a
tree. A minimum of 160 square feet of planting area is required per
tree when the tree is within the parking lot.
(3) Where overhead utilities are present, ornamental trees may be substituted
at a ratio of three ornamental trees per required canopy tree.
(4)
The requirements of this section may be used to satisfy the
standards of Township buffer requirements.
C. Landscape islands and planting strips adjacent to off-street parking
areas shall be designed to capture stormwater runoff.
D. Landscape islands containing trees or other vegetation should be
designed with curbing that will allow water to pass into the island
for maximum reduction of stormwater runoff. Landscape islands may
be enclosed with curbing or a similar device in accordance with Township
standards if the paving material of the parking lot is constructed
with an approved permeable paving material.
All yard areas in all NS Neighborhood Shopping, GC General Commercial
and I Industrial nonresidential zoning districts not utilized for
off-street parking, driveways, gardens, trees or shrubs or similar
uses must be seeded, sodded, landscaped or paved with a permeable
paving material within a reasonable period of time and in no event
later than 180 days after the issuance of a building permit.
In all NS Neighborhood Shopping, GC General Commercial and I
Industrial nonresidential zoning districts:
A. A five-foot-wide strip of ground cover, shrubbery, trees or other
landscape materials shall be provided between the right-of-way and
all open, off-street parking areas.
(1)
With the exception of ingress and egress points, said strip
shall be landscaped and maintained to prohibit vehicular and pedestrian
access.
(2)
Landscaping species at their mature heights shall not obstruct
visibility for traffic entering or leaving the lot or traveling on
the public street/alley.
(3)
Trees shall be placed an average of one tree per 40 feet of
right-of-way frontage.
B. All open, off-street parking areas of five or more spaces shall be
landscaped.
(1) The perimeter of parking areas shall be planted with deciduous canopy
trees at a number equal to one tree per 10 perimeter parking spaces
and spaced to provide maximum shading of the parking area.
(2) At least one canopy tree per 10 parking spaces shall be provided.
This calculation can include perimeter trees and trees within the
parking area, depending on the size of the lot and number of spaces.
(3)
No parking space can be greater than 60 feet from the trunk
of a tree. A minimum of 160 square feet of planting area is required
per tree when the tree is within the parking lot.
(4)
Where overhead utilities are present, ornamental trees may be
substituted at a ratio of three ornamental trees per required canopy
tree.
(5)
The requirements of this section may be used to satisfy the
standards of Township buffer requirements.
C. Landscape islands and planting strips adjacent to off-street parking
areas shall be designed to capture stormwater runoff.
(1) Landscape islands containing trees or other vegetation should be
designed with curbing that will allow water to pass into the island
for maximum reduction of stormwater runoff.
(2) Landscape islands may be enclosed with curbing or a similar device
in accordance with Township standards, if the paving material of the
parking lot is constructed with an approved permeable paving material.
Vegetation that is required to be planted or preserved by this
subchapter shall be replaced with equivalent vegetation if it is not
living within one year of issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
Preserved trees which subsequently die shall be replaced by the requisite
number of living trees in according with the standards set forth in
this subchapter.
A landowner and/or developer shall be responsible for all other
landscape and bufferyard requirements related to property maintenance
as identified in the Township Code.