Vehicular Use Areas Visible from Adjacent Property.
Tupelo Development Code § 9.7.7
in effect9.7.7. - Vehicular Use Areas Visible from Adjacent Property.
(1) Any vehicular use area subject to this section on projects not required to provide a project boundary buffer pursuant to Section 9.9, Project Boundary Buffers, shall provide a landscaped area between the edges of the vehicular use area pavement and the side property lines, unless the property lines fall within a vehicular use area in common use.
(2) The minimum width of the landscaped area shall be large enough to accommodate the plant materials required below, but shall not be less than five feet per linear foot of vehicular use area edge facing off site, unless wheel stops are provided, in which case the minimum width may be reduced to four feet.
(3) Required landscaping shall consist of the following materials:
(a) Understory trees, at the rate of one per 25 feet, with a contiguous growing area of 125 square feet and a minimum dimension of seven and one half feet.
(b) Evergreen shrubs, 15 inch minimum height, at the rate of one per eight linear feet of required planting area.
(c) When adjoining properties are already developed with parking lots adjacent to the proposed site and have landscaping installed comparable to the requirements of this section, 50 percent of the required plant materials shall be required.
Source: City of Tupelo, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/tupelo/codes/development_code?nodeId=CH9LABU_9.7VEUSARLA_9.7.7VEUSARVIADPRFetched: 11/1/2026