(a) In parking lots of ten or more spaces, a minimum of four percent of the total parking lot area shall be landscaped. On premises used for an industrial use category, as specified in Chapter 10.28 of this title, the landscaping required by this section shall apply only to those parking areas, which abut on a public right-of-way.

(b) No required planting area shall be less than twenty-four square feet in area with the exception of raised planter boxes around or in close proximity to buildings.

(c) One tree shall be installed for every fifteen single-row parking stalls or every thirty double-row parking stalls within the parking lot.

(d) Landscaping shall consist of combinations of trees, shrubs and ground cover with careful consideration to eventual size and spread, susceptibility to disease and pests, durability and adaptability to existing soil and climatic conditions.

(e) Shrubs and trees in the landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition. (Ord. 1634, § 134, 2004.)