23.50A.188

A. Surface parking areas for more than five vehicles 1. If a surface parking area abuts a lot in an NC1, NC2, NC3, or C1 zone, view-obscuring screening along the abutting lot lines shall be provided. 2. If a surface parking area is across an alley from a lot in a residential zone, view obscuring screening shall be required. A 5-foot-deep landscaped area shall be required inside the screening. The Director may reduce or waive the screening and landscaping requirement for all or a part of the lot abutting the alley, or may waive only the landscaping requirement, if required parking can only be provided at the rear lot line and the alley is necessary to provide aisle space. In making the determination to waive or reduce the landscaping and screening requirements, the Director shall consider the following criteria: a. Whether the lot width and depth permit a workable plan for the building and parking which would preserve the screening and landscaping; and b. Whether the character of use across the alley, such as multi-family parking structures or single-family garages, make the screening and landscaping less necessary; and c. Whether a topographic break between the alley and the residential zone makes screening less necessary. 3. If a surface parking area or off-street loading area is directly across a street 80 feet or less in width from a lot in a residential zone, a 5-foot-deep landscaped setback area from the street lot line, including street trees, shall be provided. Three-foot high screening along the edge of the setback, with the landscaping on the street side of the screening, shall be provided. 4. If a surface parking area or off-street loading area abuts a lot in a residential zone, view-obscuring screening and a 5-foot-deep landscaped setback area on the inside of the screening shall be provided. 5. Surface parking areas for ten or fewer cars shall be screened by 3-foot-high screening along the street lot line. 6. Surface parking areas for more than ten cars shall be screened by 3-foot-high screening and street trees along the street lot lines. 7. Surface parking areas for more than 50 cars shall provide 3-foot-high screening and street trees along the street lot lines, as well as interior landscaping. B. Parking structures 1. If a parking structure is directly across a street 80 feet or less in width from a lot in a residential zone, a 5-foot-deep landscaped setback area from the street lot line, including street trees, shall be provided. The street-facing facade of each floor of parking shall have an opaque screen at least 3.5 feet high. 2. If a parking structure abuts a lot in a residential zone, a 5-foot-deep landscaped setback area from the lot line shall be provided unless the parking structure is completely enclosed except for driveway areas. In addition to the landscaped setback, view-obscuring screening shall be provided along abutting lot line(s). If the parking structure is enclosed by a solid wall, any setback area provided within 5 feet of the abutting lot lines shall be landscaped. The abutting facade of each floor of parking not enclosed by a solid wall shall have an opaque screen at least 3.5 feet high. 3. If a parking structure is across an alley from a lot in a residential zone, a 5-foot-deep landscaped setback area from the alley lot line shall be provided, unless the parking structure is completely enclosed, except for driveway areas. Three-foot-high screening along the facade facing the alley with the landscaping on the alley side of the screening shall be provided. If the parking structure is enclosed by a solid wall, any setback area provided within 5 feet of the alley lot line shall be landscaped. The abutting or alley facade of each floor of parking shall have an opaque screen at least 3.5 feet high. 4. If a parking structure is directly across a street wider than 80 feet from a lot in a residential zone, street trees shall be provided. 5. If a parking structure is directly across a street 80 feet or less in width from a lot in a commercial zone, street trees shall be provided. C. Outdoor sales and outdoor display of rental equipment 1. If an outdoor sales area or outdoor display of rental equipment is across an alley from a lot in a residential zone or abutting a lot in a residential or commercial zone, view-obscuring screening such as landscaping, a vegetated wall, or treatment other than a than a vegetated wall, shall be provided along the abutting or alley lot lines up to a height of 6 feet. 2. If an outdoor sales area or outdoor display of rental equipment is directly across the street from a lot in a residential or commercial zone, street trees and 3-foot-high screening along the street front shall be provided. D. Drive-in businesses 1. Drive-in businesses across an alley from a lot in a residential zone shall provide view-obscuring screening along the alley lot lines. 2. Drive-in businesses in which the drive-in portion of the business is directly across a street 80 feet or less in width from a lot in a residential zone shall provide 3-foot-high screening for the drive-in portion and also provide street trees. 3. If a drive-in business is directly across a street wider than 80 feet from a lot in a residential zone, street trees shall be provided. 4. Drive-in businesses abutting a lot in a residential zone shall provide view-obscuring screening and a 5-foot-deep landscaped setback area inside the screening. E. Outdoor storage and outdoor loading berths 1. Outdoor storage and outdoor loading berths directly across a street 80 feet or less in width from a lot in an NC1, NC2, NC3, or C1 zone shall provide view-obscuring screening along the street lot lines and street trees. 2. If the outdoor storage or outdoor loading berth is directly across a street 80 feet or less in width from a lot in a residential zone, view-obscuring screening shall be provided. A 5-foot-deep landscaped area including street trees shall be provided between the lot line and the view-obscuring screening. 3. If outdoor storage or an outdoor loading berth is directly across a street wider than 80 feet from a lot in a residential zone, view-obscuring screening and street trees shall be provided. 4. If outdoor storage or an outdoor loading berth is across an alley from a lot in a residential zone, view-obscuring screening shall be provided. A 5-foot-deep landscaped area shall be provided between the lot line and the view-obscuring screening, unless the industrial lot is at least 15 feet above the elevation of the residential lot or the screen is a solid wall. 5. If the outdoor storage or outdoor loading berth abuts a lot in a residential zone, view-obscuring screening and a 15-foot-deep landscaped area inside the screening shall be provided along the abutting lot line. F. Solid waste transfer stations 1. Solid waste transfer stations greater than 60,000 square feet in lot area shall provide landscaping meeting a minimum Green Factor score of 0.40, pursuant to Section 23.86.019 . If the transfer station is part of a development located on separate parcels within 200 feet of each other, Green Factor scoring may be calculated for the multiple parcels considered as a whole. If the parcels are in zones having different Green Factor minimum scores, the development considered as a whole shall meet the highest applicable, minimum Green Factor score. 2. Solid waste transfer stations abutting or across the street from a lot in a commercial or residential zone, shall provide screening pursuant to subsection 23.50A.180.B.2. G. Fences or free-standing walls associated with utility services uses may obstruct or allow views to the interior of a site. Where site dimensions and site conditions allow, applicants are encouraged to provide both a landscaped setback between the fence or wall and the right-of-way, and a fence or wall that provides visual interest facing the street lot line, through the height, design, or construction of the fence or wall, including the use of materials, architectural detailing, artwork, vegetated walls, decorative fencing, or similar features. If abutting or across the street from a lot in a residential, commercial, or downtown zone, fences or free-standing walls for a utility services use must provide either: 1. A 5-foot-deep landscaped area between the wall or fence and the street lot line; or 2. Architectural detailing, artwork, vegetated walls, decorative fencing, or similar features to provide visual interest facing the street lot line, as approved by the Director. ([Renumbered from 23.50A.018.F]; Ord. 126862 , § 8, 2023.)