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Draft Chapter 18.28 Tukwila Urban Center (TUC) District <br />b. For surface parking lots located behind buildings or otherwise screened from public or private <br />streets or public spaces, a minimum of 10 square feet of interior parking lot landscaping is <br />required for each parking stall. <br />c. Landscape islands shall be placed at the ends of each row of parking to protect parked vehicles <br />from turning movements of other vehicles. <br />d. To subdivide continuous rows of parking stalls, landscape islands shall be placed at a minimum <br />spacing of one island every 10 parking spaces for lots adjacent to public or private streets. For <br />parking areas located behind buildings or otherwise screened from public or private streets or <br />public spaces landscape islands shall be placed at a minimum of one island every 15 parking <br />stalls. <br />e. Trees shall be planted in curbed landscaped islands or in flush tree wells with tree guards. <br />The minimum size for interior parking lot landscape islands is 100 square feet. Landscape islands <br />shall be a minimum of 5 feet in any direction and generally the length of the adjacent parking <br />space. Landscaping may be located in a continuous island, running the length of the parking <br />aisle between every other parking bay. <br />f. A minimum of two evergreen or deciduous trees are required per landscape island with the <br />remaining area to contain a combination of shrubs, living groundcover, and mulch. See also <br />General Landscaping Requirements and Guidelines (Section 18.28.240). <br />Figure 30 Not OK —A single tree planted with no <br />other materials and little room for viability. <br />g. Raised curbs or wheel stops shall be used adjacent to tree wells and planter areas to protect <br />landscaping from car overhangs. <br />6. Pedestrian Circulation <br />a. Parking Lots shall provide clear pedestrian -only circulation routes between main building <br />entrances and sidewalks. Front surface parking lots shall provide such routes at a maximum <br />W: \Long Range Projects \Southcenter Plan \Plan 2011 \Book 2 \FINAL PC BOOK26.12.12with markups.dou Page 69 6/21/2012 <br />73 <br />