Unified Land Development Code - Town of Gilbert

GILBERT UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
(2) trees per dwelling unit shall be required, exclusive of street trees and perimeter
landscaping. A minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of required trees shall be mature as
defined in Section B.7
3. Parking lot landscaping:
a. A minimum of five (5) of all parking lots shall be landscaped, exclusive of front
yard or perimeter landscaping and street trees. Such landscaping shall consist of
parking islands located within the perimeter of the parking lot. Landscaping adjacent
to the building may, upon approval of the Planning Director, be counted as parking
lot landscaping.
b. A minimum of one (1) tree shall be provided for every eight (8) parking spaces,
exclusive of perimeter landscaping and street trees. Trees must be planted within the
parking lot. A minimum of fifty (50) percent of the required trees shall be mature as
defined in Section B.7 Shade canopy trees are encouraged wherever possible.
c. Parking islands or landscaped areas shall be installed at least every twelve (12)
consecutive parking spaces; such islands shall be a minimum of five (5) feet wide
and contain a minimum of fifty (50) square feet in area. This requirement may be
modified upon approval of the Planning Director, where warranted by exceptional
design of the parking lot and where the intent of the standard is met through
alternate design schemes.
d. All parking lots shall be separated from adjacent residential uses or districts by a
five-foot landscaped strip planted with a minimum of one tree every twenty (20)
linear feet and a six-foot wall constructed of brick, slump block, or masonry with
stucco or mortar wash finish.
e. All parking lots shall be screened from public streets by walls or earth berms or
combination thereof, constructed at least three (3) feet above the grade of the
parking lot or adjacent street, whichever is higher in elevation. Intermittent
landscaping is permitted to substitute for the walls and berms for a maximum of
twenty-five (25) percent of the parking lot frontage. Variety to the alignment and
style of the walls is required. Such walls shall be decoratively designed to match the
facade of any buildings and shall be constructed of slump block, brick, or masonry
with a mortar wash or stucco finish.
f. Any landscaped area used for vehicular overhang shall not be counted towards the
required landscaping.
E. Desert landscaping. The Town encourages the installation of "lush" desert landscaping through the
use of low water-consumptive plants indigenous to this region. In order to minimize the sparse
appearance of desert landscaping the following standards will apply:
1. A minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of all frontage landscaped areas shall be covered with
vegetative or organic ground cover consisting of grass or other living
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