23.50.016

Uses located on streets that have been designated on the Industrial Streets Landscaping Plan Map (Map A for 23.50.016), shall provide landscaping as outlined in subsections 23.50.016.A and 23.50.016.B. A. Street trees. Street trees are required along designated street frontages. Street trees shall be provided in the planting strip according to Seattle Department of Transportation Tree Planting Standards. B. Exceptions to street tree requirements 1. Street trees required by subsection 23.50.016.A may be located on the lot within 5 feet but not less than 2 feet from the street lot line instead of in the planting strip if: a. Existing trees and/or landscaping on the lot provide improvements substantially equivalent to those required in this Section 23.50.016 . b. Continuity of landscaping on adjacent properties along the street front is desirable. c. Existing railroad tracks and/or a railroad easement are within 10 feet of the paved portion of a street designated on the Industrial Streets Landscaping Plan Map. 2. If it is not feasible to plant street trees according to City standards, a 5-foot deep landscaped setback area is required along the street property lines and trees shall be planted there. If an on-site landscaped area is already required, the trees shall be planted there if they cannot be placed in the planting strip. 3. Street trees shall not be required for an expansion of less than 2,500 square feet. Two street trees shall be required for each additional 1,000 square feet of expansion. The maximum number of street trees shall be controlled by Seattle Department of Transportation standards. Rounding, described in subsection 23.86.002.B, is not permitted. 4. Street trees are not required if a change of use is the only permit requested. 5. Street trees are not required for an expansion of a surface parking area of less than 20 percent of parking area or number of parking spaces. C. Screening. All outdoor storage areas used for storage for recyclable materials, and outdoor manufacturing, repairing, refuse compacting or recycling activities, shall provide view-obscuring screening along street lot lines unless the outdoor storage or outdoor activities are located at least 15 feet above or below the elevation of the street lot line. If other provisions applicable to the lot require more extensive landscaping or screening provisions, the more extensive provisions apply. (Ord. 125603 , § 53, 2018; Ord. 123589, § 55, 2011; Ord. 121477 § 24, 2004; Ord. 118409 § 192, 1996: Ord. 116744 § 24, 1993; Ord. 115326 § 21, 1990; Ord. 115164 § 3, 1990; Ord. 113658 § 4(part), 1987.) Map A for Section 23.50.016 Industrial Streets Landscaping Plan