34 Bockman Way Sparta, TN 38583-2015

except the Central Business District (C-C ) and for all uses and structures except those specifically exempted in § 14-2002. The requirements for landscape yards shall be in addition to any requirements of parking area landscaping as specified in § 14-2005(2) of this zoning code. Said landscape yards shall meet the following requirements: (a) Establishment of landscape yards . Landscape yards shall be established along all abutting streets within required front, side and/or rear yard setback areas. (b) Minimum width of landscape yards . The minimum width of the landscape yard shall be ten (10) feet, exclusive of curbing. See Illustration 1,1 "Landscape Yards". (c) Number of trees required . One (1) shade tree, or two (2) ornamental trees shall be planted per every fifty (50) linear feet, or any fraction thereof, of street frontage. (d) Standards for trees in landscape yards . Trees for landscape yards shall meet the requirements of § 14-2005(3) of this zoning code. (e) Location of trees in landscape yards . Unless specified by the building official, trees may be spaced or grouped at the discretion of the developer. Trees shall not be located so as to impair visibility at any street intersection or at the intersection of any driveway with a street. (f) Trees located underneath utility lines . When the landscape yard occurs underneath utility lines, ornamental trees whose mature height does not exceed twenty (20) feet shall be planted at a rate of one (1) tree for each fifty (50) feet of frontage occurring under utility lines. (2) Parking area landscaping . The following standards for landscaping of parking lots shall apply to the interior of all off-street parking areas. They shall not apply to vehicle and equipment sales lots, multi-level parking structures, areas devoted to drive-through lanes, or to vehicle and equipment storage areas. (a) Minimum width of interior landscaped strips . Interior landscaped strips shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width, exclusive of curbing, and shall be planted with acceptable indigenous landscaping 1Illustrations are provided in § 14-2007. 14-109 materials. If trees are located in interior landscaped strips, said strips shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet in width, exclusive of curbing. See Illustration 2 1 for examples. (b) Curbing required . Interior landscaped strips shall be surrounded with a concrete raised curb six (6) inches in height. (c) Number of trees required . One (1) shade tree shall be provided per thirty (30) parking spaces, or any fraction thereof.