Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

Article 16. Landscaping and Tree Protection 16-10 Landscaping and Bufferyards 16-10-1 Off-Street Parking Area Landscaping (A) Perimeter Landscaping (1) The parking lot perimeter landscaping requirements of this section apply to all off- street parking lots and vehicular use areas containing 10 or more parking spaces or an area of 3,000 square feet or more. “Vehicular use areas” include drive -though lanes, travel lanes, and other areas upon which vehicles traverse the lot as a function of the primary use. (2) The parking lot perimeter landscaping standards of this section do not apply where a lot to be used for the erection of a place of worship was purchased by a religious organization for that purpose and the purchase thereof is evidenced by a deed to the (3) Parking and vehicular use areas must be screened from view of adjacent properties and public rights-of-way by a solid evergreen hedge a minimum of 3 feet in height. At least one canopy tree must be planted for each 40 linear feet of parking lot perimeter. (B) Interior Landscaping (1) The interior parking lot landscaping requirements of this section apply to all off- street parking lots containing 10 or more parking spaces except those expressly exempted under Sec. 16-10-1(A)(2), above. Interior landscaping must consist of the following: (a) terminal landscape islands at the end of each row of parking spaces, and either; i. interior landscape islands within each row of parking; or ii. a landscape divider median between abutting rows of parking spaces. Each terminal and interior landscape island must be at least 180 square feet in size and be planted with a minimum of 1 canopy tree, as well as shrubs, and ground cover. Double islands within a double row of parking (typically the area of 2 abutting parking spaces combined into a single parking lot island) must be planted with 2 canopy trees, shrubs, and ground cover. religious organization or the trustee or other proper officers thereof in their representative capacity and filed for registration in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County on or prior to August 15, 1950.

Wake County Unified Development Code 16-1