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2016 Draft Landscaping Code <br />C. Type II - Moderate Perimeter $creeningl. (Commented [CL17]: The text in C. generallyfrom <br />l 18.28.230 B. 4. <br />1. The purpose of Type II landscaping is to enhance Tukwila's streetscapes, provide a <br />moderate visual separation between uses and zoning districts, screen blank building <br />walls and parking areas, and allow views to building entryways and signagel. - Commented [CLla]: Use figure 18 -46 from TMC 18.28 to <br />illustrate moderate and heavy landscaping? <br />2. Plant materials shall consist of the following: <br />a. Trees: a mix of deciduous and evergreen trees. <br />b. One shrub per four linear feet, excluding curb cuts. <br />c. Groundcover. <br />D. Type III - Heavy Perimeter $creeningl. Commented [CL19]: The text in D. generally from <br />18.28.230 B. 5. <br />1. The purpose of Type III landscaping is to provide extensive visual separation along <br />property lines between highly incompatible development, such as warehousing and <br />residential uses. <br />2. Plant materials shall consist of the following: <br />a. Trees consisting of at least 50% evergreen along the applicable property line (75% <br />along property line adjacent to residential uses). <br />b. Privacy screening utilizing evergreen shrubs, screening walls or fences (up to 7 feet <br />tall). <br />c. Groundcover. <br />E. Parking Lot Landscaping: This landscaping is required to mitigate adverse impacts <br />created by parking lots, such as noise, glare, stormwater run -off, and increased heat and <br />to improve their physical appearance. <br />1. Trees shall be evenly distributed throughout the parking lot. Planting in continuous, <br />landscaped planting strips between rows of parking is encouraged. Surface water <br />management design may also be combined with landscaping in parking lotsl. In industrial <br />- Commented [CL20]: 618.28.240 B. 6.b.(3) portion. <br />districts, (C /LI, LI, HI, MIC /L, MIC /H), clustering of interior parking lot landscaping may be <br />permitted to accommodate site usagel. <br />[allow ommented [CL21]: Last sentence in E. 1- New text to <br />flexibility of site design in industrial districts <br />2. Landscape islands: <br />a. Landscape islands must be a minimum of six feet wide, exclusive of overhang, and a <br />minimum of 100 square feet in area. All landscaped areas must be protected from <br />damage by vehicles through the use of curbs, tire stops, or other protection <br />techniques; <br />Commented [CL22]: 18.28.240 13.6.1o. (4) <br />b. Landscape islands shall be placed at the ends of each row of parking to protect <br />parked vehicles from turning movements of other �ehicles; <br />- Commented [CL23]: 18.28.240 13.6.1o. (5) <br />c. The number and stature of trees shall be based on the area available in the <br />landscape island. A minimum of one large stature evergreen or deciduous tree or two <br />medium stature trees are required for every 100 square feet of landscaped island, <br />Page 6 of 19 11/2/2016 6:15 PM <br />W:\ \Long Range Projects \2016 Landscaping Code Update \Draft TMC Chapter 18.52- Advisory Committee Revisions -2 <br />14 <br />