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Objective Development Standards City Council Draft Code Amendments A-99 b. Required Screening of Parking Lot from Street. Along street frontages, screening to a height of 30 inches shall be provided by use of continuous shrub plantings, berms, and/or architectural walls. 2. Requirements for Interior Landscaped Areas. a. Minimum Width of Interior Landscaped Areas. Interior landscaped areas, or tree wells, shall be a minimum of four feet in width, measured from inside of curb to inside of curb, or as required by Subsection C.4, below. b. Separation of Parking Rows from Driveways. The end of each row of parking stalls shall be separated from driveways by a landscaped area, sidewalk, or other means approved by the Zoning Enforcement Official. 3. Requirements for Parking Lot Trees. a. Minimum Number of Trees. A minimum of one tree for every six parking spaces shall be distributed throughout the parking lot. b. Trees to Provide Shade at Maturity. Trees with a canopy or spreading branch structure shall be specified, and trees shall generally have consistent spacing to substantially shade the parking area at maturity. 4. Increased Landscaped Area In-lieu of Wheel Stops. Where parking stalls face into landscaped areas, the depth of the parking stall shall be decreased by two feet, and the landscaped area shall be increased two feet, with wheel stops or with the curb functioning as the wheel stop and allowing autos to overhang the increased landscaped area. Where autos will overhang into opposite sides of a landscaped area, such landscaped areas shall have a minimum width of six feet, as measured from inside of curb to inside of curb. 5. Required Landscaped Areas for Parking Structure. A parking structure in a C, P, or I Zoning District having at-grade parking adjoining a street shall have a 10 foot landscaped area adjoining the street property line. Planter boxes shall be provided on t he upper levels of parking structures where these structures are visible from public streets, pedestrian pathways, or adjacent buildings. D. Design Standards for Projects Requiring a Landscape Documentation Package and/or Irrigation Design Plan. All new or rehabilitated commercial, industrial or developer-installed residential landscapes that exceed 2,500 square feet or residential landscapes that exceed 5,000 square feet shall adhere to the following design standards. These standards shall not apply to city -recognized historic landscapes. 1. Plants shall be selected and planted appropriately based upon their adaptability to the climatic, geologic, and topographical conditions of the project site. 2. Plants shall be grouped in hydozones according to water need. 3. At least 75 percent of the total number of plants in non-turf areas shall require occasional, little or no summer water once established. All species should be adapted to the climate 148