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ORDINANCE NO. 5094-91
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AMENDING SECTION
136,023, CODE OF ORDINANCES, TO REVISE THE INTERIOR
LANDSCAPE STANDARDS FOR PARKING LOTS AND VEHICULAR USE
AREAS CONTAINING BETWEEN 4,000 AND 8,000 SQUARE FEET,
AND FOR PARKING LOTS AND VEHICULAR USE AREAS CONTAINING
MORE THAN 8,000 SQUARE FEET; ESTABLISHING SOIL TREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL REQUIRED PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section I. Subsections (d) and (f) of Section 136.023, Code of Ordinances,
as amended by Ordinance 5036-90, are further amended to read:
Sec. 136.023. Parking lot landscape standards.
(d) Interior landscape standards. In addition to the perimeter landscape
standards set forth in subsection (c):;
) Parking pavk4ng lots and vehicular use areas with a total paved area
in excess of four thousand (4,000) square feet shall be provided with interior
landscaped areas (islands) for the purpose of defining circulation areas,
affording safe access to and from parking spaces, beautification and shade. An
area (or areas) equivalent to not less than six (6) per cent of the total paved
area of the parking lot or -? vehicular use area, exclusive of the area of any
required perimeter landscaping, shall be provided within the interior of such use
area for landscaping purposes. A minimum of one shade tree or two medium-sized
accent trees shall be planted in such areas for every two hundred (200) square
feet of total interior landscape area required and a minimum of fifty (50)
percent of the required landscape area shall be planted with shrubs, for which
due regard shall be given to the selection and location of trees and shrubs in
order to assure that cross-visibility is afforded to the motorist consistent with
good traffic engineering practice. The number of shrubs required for interior
landscaping shall be determined by the formula: Number of shrubs = (O.OG x
square footage of paved area) divided by ¢ 18 square feet. The balance of the
interior landscape area shall be planted with grass, ground cover or receive
other permeable vegetative landscape treatment. On the mainland, palm trees may
be utilized to satisfy not more than twenty-five (25) per cent of the tree
planting requirement within interior landscape areas; on Clearwater Beach and
Sand Key, palm trees may be used to satisfy not more than seventy-five (75)
percent of the tree planting requirement within the landscaped areas s#i If
palm trees are used, three (3) palm trees shall be counted as the equivalent of
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(5) feet in any dimension or direction and shall contain an area of at least one
hundred (100) square feet. Grass parking and designated retention areas shall.":''
not be counted toward fulfilling the interior landscape requirement.
(2), As an exception to the foregoing for parking ::::,1;N: ?.' ?'•'>;1:
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thousand ($.000square feet not more than fifty 501 percent of the re uired
interior landscaping maybe provided as additions to the required perimeter
landscaping, rather than as separate landscaping interior to the parkincl lots and
vehicular use areas. For parking lots and vehicular use areas containing in
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excess of eight thousand (8.000) square feet, the required interior ]andscapinq
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use area and shall be evenly distributed across the narking lot or vehicular use ,'?t. s•,'•5->a' t.? r' i
area.
(f) Installation.
(1) All landscaping shall be installed in accord with a plan approved by
the environmental management division and consistent with the requirements
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contained herein. No certificate of occupancy or use shall be issued for the
property until the landscaping is installed, inspected and determined by the
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mulch, or other suitable material which permits percolation. Where mu1;:°?
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used, it shall be protected from washing out of the planting bed. r i'I"?r -t'
(3) All landscaping required by this section shall be protected from
vehicular and pedestrian traffic by the installation of curbing, wheel stops,
::.•,3? •?,?,???". ° landscaping timbers, or other adequate protective devices along the perimeter of
any landscaping which adjoins vehicular travel areas and sidewalks. These
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protective devices shall have a minimum height of six (6) inch
No parking or display of vehicles and no outdoor storage or display of
merchandise shall be permitted in or over any required landscaped area, nor shall
vehicles be permitted to overhang any required landscaped area.
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generally indigenous to the site locale and be of a loamy sand or sandy loam
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texture. Soil shall be loose, friable, well drained and free of construction 1.' ?,7`t?'t w
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ate-rrials,_ rock.s, weeds,--Qrasses, hardpan _clav or other debris. Aciditv or
aIkaiinity_ (pH) shaI l fie. adjusted where warranted to be compatible with the ulant
species being installed. Soil shall -be_uniformly and evenly graded to allow for
proper-surface drainage. Backfill sai7_material shall be thoroughly watered in
araund_Rlant root balls to prevent any air_pockets.._This paragraph shall not be
interpreted to re uire or to preclude the use of amended and enriched soil mixes.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING April 4, 1991
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED April. 18, 1991
Rita Garvey
Mayor-Commissioner
Attest:
I Cynt E. Gou eau
City, erk
Approved as to form
and correctness:
M. A. Ga rait , r.
City Attorney
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