33.53.060 Parking lot landscape.
A minimum five-foot-wide visual buffer shall be required along the perimeter of any parking lot with 10 or more parking spaces to ensure compatibility with adjacent land uses, minimize the views of the parking lot from roads (serving more than four parcels), and to foster aesthetically pleasing development.
(1) The perimeter landscaping shall incorporate trees, shrubs and groundcover plantings consistent with the streetscape standards found in CCC 33.53.050(4).
(2) Surface parking lots with more than 20 parking spaces shall provide landscaping islands at the end of every parking row with a maximum spacing of at least one island for every 12 parking spaces. Each island shall cover an area no less than one parking space (nine feet by 18 feet) and shall contain no less than one tree, shrubs and groundcover.
(3) If the parking lot is located behind the building and is not adjacent to a residential zone or road frontage, landscaping islands are not required, but are encouraged.