§ 16-32.022. Minimum landscaping for parking lots, and barrier requirements.

See City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, chapter 158 Vegetation, article II Tree Protection, section 30 Parking lot requirements, for applicable requirements. Parking lot requirements shall apply to all lots, regardless of size. In addition to these regulations, the following requirements shall apply:

1.

All landscaped areas shall be planted with evergreen groundcover or shrubs with a maximum mature height of 30 inches.

2.

All landscaped buffer strips along sidewalks and public rights-of-way shall have a minimum of one tree with a minimum caliper of three and one-half inches.

3.

Variations in surface parking lot landscaping and barrier requirements may be permitted by the director of the bureau of planning. Variations may be granted only upon making all of the following findings:

a)

There are extraordinary and exceptional conditions pertaining to the particular piece of property in question because of its size, shape, topography, subsurface conditions, overhead structures or the existence of sufficient trees in the public right-of-way within ten feet of the property line;

b)

Such conditions are peculiar to the particular piece of property involved; and

c)

Relief, if granted, would not cause substantial detriment to the public good or impair the purposes and intent of article II Tree Protection, section 30 Parking lot requirements.

(Ord. No. 2000-52, § 1, 9-26-00)