The proposed commercial landscape ordinance applies to industrial, commercial and multi-family uses. It does not include single-family or duplex residential uses. The point system for compliance offers flexibility. Although half of the required points must be obtained by trees and the other half obtained by shrubs, the placement of those trees in a required yard is left to the user to decide. It allows for creativity in planting and diversity in landscaping methods.
Alternative compliance allows additional flexibility within a lot.
It allows the Zoning Administrator to evaluate the proposed landscaping and determine if the proposed landscaping improvements meet the intent of the article. However, in order for a variance to be granted, the user must meet the standards of variation. A financial hardship is not a standard of variation and will not be considered as a means for non-compliance. The total number of landscaping points required is HALF of the frontage. Therefore, if the user has 100 feet of road frontage, the user would be required to provide 50 points of landscaping.