Laserfiche WebLink
ORDINANCE NO.2008-010 <br /> 4. Plantings shall be used to soften and shade parking lots and parking <br /> structures. Parking and service areas shall be visually screened from street <br /> views with plantings and architectural treatments. <br /> 5. Parking lot islands shall be used to distribute large parking fields into <br /> separate "outdoor" rooms that have visual relationship to the buildings they <br /> serve. Parking lot islands shall be planted with trees or include infiltration <br /> basins and plantings. Entry drives shall be defined by trees and shrubs. <br /> 6. A concrete curb shall be provided around the periphery of all parking lots <br /> and access roads, except where the City Engineer determines that a curb <br /> would impede drainage. <br /> 7. Parking adjacent to streets should be screened from views with <br /> landscaping, including but not limited to trees, hedges, flowers and other <br /> bushes and/or decorative masonry walls. Berms shall be discouraged. <br /> 8. Parking structures that are visible from off the site shall display an <br /> integration of building materials building form, textures, architectural motif, <br /> and building colors with the principal building. No signs other than <br /> • directional signs shall be permitted on parking ramp facades. <br /> N. Traffic Study. A traffic study shall be required for all new developments, <br /> redevelopments, and significant modifications to existing sites unless waived by <br /> the City Council. <br /> O. Lighting. Exterior lighting shall be provided for the safety and convenience <br /> of occupants and visitors. <br /> 1. A lighting plan shall be submitted that shows location, type of illumination <br /> and design. A photometric analysis of site and building shall be submitted for <br /> City approval with all new construction or redevelopment projects. <br /> 2. Exterior lighting shall be consistent in type, design, scale, and color to <br /> create unity in the B-2 District. High-pressure sodium lighting and other <br /> similar types of lighting color may be required by the City to promote a <br /> unified lighting color throughout the B-2 District. Other lighting colors may <br /> be considered during the City review process. <br /> 3. Exterior lighting for parking lots and buildings shall not be excessive and <br /> shall be directed at their intended purposes. <br /> 13 <br />