Las Vegas Downtown Centennial Plan - City of Las Vegas

and approval by the City Council. The lot shall have a paved surfaceand shall be striped. Bumpers or tire stops shall be provided for allparking spaces directly abutting a sidewalk, landscape area, street,or alley. One or more of the following options must be provided tosatisfy the landscaping and screening requirements for the parking lot:(a) Streetscape amenities in accordance with the applicable streetscapestandards herein for the street frontage(s) that immediately abut thesite; or (b) A 42-inch high ornamental screen fence installed along thestreet frontage line(s) in conformance with the applicable parkingscreening standards herein; or (c) A five-foot wide perimeter landscapebuffer provided along the front and comer side yard setbacklines, planted with a minimum of five-gallon shrubs so as to form acontinuous hedge along the frontage lines of the property; or (d) Aminimum of ten square feet of landscape area for each parking space,with a minimum of one shade tree for every six parking spaces. Applicationsfor temporary parking lots shall be reviewed and processedin accordance with the process and standards for a Minor Review ofSite Development Plan under LVMC Title 19.h. Permanent Parking Lot Development Standards.All permanent off-street surface parking lots shall be paved and includeaccess aisles and driveways. Surface treatments including paving andstriping shall be maintained in good condition at all times. Surfaceparking lots shall provide a minimum of one shade tree for every sixuncovered spaces in landscaped islands and/or on the perimeter ofthe lot. A minimum of ten square feet of landscaped surface area mustbe provided for each parking space. Bumpers or tire stops shall beprovided for all parking stalls heading into a sidewalk, landscapedarea, street, or alley. Each shall be installed at a minimum of two feetfrom the beginning of that sidewalk, landscaped area, street, or alley.Parking spaces abutting buildings are discouraged. Applications forpermanent parking lots shall be reviewed and processed in accordancewith the process and standards for a Major Review of Site DevelopmentPlan under LVMC Title 19.i. Parking Lot Access.When possible, adjacent parcels requiring access drives shall sharea common centrally located access drive. Wherever a driveway isabandoned, the owner shall remove all driveway pavement and approach,re-install curb and gutter, and landscape the area to match theadjacent landscaping/streetscape.71LAS VEGAS DOWNTOWNCENTENNIAL PLANDESIGN STANDARDSPER DISTRICTLAS VEGAS DOWNTOWN CENTENNIAL PLANPD-0012-08-2012RS