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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 120. Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission |
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Chapter 10. Zoning Regulations for Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning District |
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Subchapter 17. Off-Street Parking Facilities Landscape Code |
SECTION 120:10-17-5. Landscape areas
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- (a) A minimum of 1 tree per 8 parking spaces shall be required for interior lot landscaped areas. Any interior lot area shall be a minimum of 6 feet in length and 6 feet in width with a minimum area of 150 square feet.(b) Trees and shrubs shall be installed along the length of the parking lot in all street yards. A minimum of 2 trees per 10 parking spaces that abut the street yard shall be installed in the area between the barrier curb and the property adjacent to a sidewalk or the public right-of-way.(c) Newly planted trees shall:(1) measure a minimum of 2.5 inches in caliper at a height 6 inches above ground level;(2) measure a minimum of 8 feet in height;(3) have a 35 foot minimum mature height; and,(4) must be drought tolerant.(d) For the purpose of this section, existing healthy trees that are 2.5 inches or more in caliper as measured at a height 36 inches above ground level may be counted for landscape requirements, if they will be retained.(e) Shrubs shall be maintained at a height of 2.5 feet, except when used as screening for parking lots adjacent to residential uses.(f) All trees, shrubs and ground cover shall be arranged in such a manner that they will grow to maturity and provide the landscape screen required by this section. No plantings shall be placed in a landscaped area where they will be impacted by pedestrian or vehicular traffic.(g) New or reconfigured surface parking areas shall provide the following landscaped elements:(1) Front yard buffer (Appendix D.1, A). All parking areas abutting a public right-of-way or future street shall provide a front yard buffer at least 10 feet deep from the sidewalk, consisting of shrubbery, hedges, trees, decorative walls or fences, which creates a visual screen at least three feet high; does not apply to internal driveways, or alleys.(2) Front yard perimeter bulb-out (Appendix D.1, B). All parking areas abutting a public right-of-way or future street shall provide bulb-outs so that there are not more than 15 continuous parking spaces in a row uninterrupted along that frontage. The bulb-out should be equal in depth to the parking spaces, a minimum of nine feet wide, which includes flowers, shrubs, grass and/or trees where not more than 50% of the ground cover is mulch or gravel.(3) End-of-row bulb-out (Appendix D.1, C). A landscaped bulb-out should be located at the end of any perimeter parking row abutting a traveled lane. The bulb-out should be equal in depth to the parking space, a minimum of nine feet wide, which includes flowers, shrubs, grass and/or trees where not more than 50% of the ground cover is mulch or gravel.(4) Internal landscaped island (Appendix D.1, D). Internal parking rows should provide landscaped islands at either end of the rows. The islands shall be equal in length to the rows and at least nine feet wide, or of equivalent size if an irregular shape is necessary. Islands shall include at least two trees with shrubs, flowers, grass or other plantings so that not more than 50% of the ground cover is mulch or gravel.(5) Intermediate landscaped island (Appendix D.1, E). Internal parking rows should provide intermediate landscaped islands so that there are not more than 12 continuous parking spaces in a row uninterrupted. Islands shall be landscaped the same as internal landscaped islands.(6) Enhanced parking median (Appendix D.1, F). Larger parking lots which contain multiple rows of parking should provide an enhanced parking median so that there are not more than six rows of parking uninterrupted. Enhanced landscaped medians may be of two different types, landscaped or pedestrian.(7) Landscaped medians shall separate the rows of parking on either side with a continuous six-foot-wide landscaped band which includes additional landscaping and trees no less than every 30 feet.(8) Pedestrian medians shall separate the rows of parking on either side with a continuous six-foot-wide pedestrian sidewalk - flush to grade - which leads toward building entry areas and connects to perimeter sidewalks with crosswalks.