Landscaping requirements.
Huntsville Code of Ordinances, App. A, art. 52, § 52.9
in effect52.9. - Landscaping requirements.
Every building site on which a building shall be placed shall be landscaped in the following manner. All landscaping must be installed in accordance with the provisions of section 73.19, installation of landscaping.
52.9.1. All yards required under this ordinance shall be landscaped and maintained. A minimum of one tree per 20 linear feet of distance for each boundary line shall be planted in the required yards.
52.9.2. All off-street parking areas shall be screened, as well as practicable, from view from streets by the use of earth berms or landscaping materials.
52.9.3. All off-street parking areas, to include drives within the parking areas, greater than either 20 automobile spaces or 6,000 square feet, shall have at least five percent of the interior of the parking area landscaped in planting islands or peninsulas. Width of islands or peninsulas shall be a minimum width of at least five feet between backs of curbs and at least one tree per 20 parking spaces shall be planted within the planting islands or peninsulas in addition to other landscaping materials and plants.
Source: City of Huntsville, Alabama, publisher code (Municode) + enacted ordinances (City Council/Legistar)URL: https://library.municode.com/al/huntsville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_APXAZOOR_ART52REPAAPDIRE_52.9LAREFetched: 11/6/2026