D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-2111

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 11-2111 - SURFACE PARKING LOTS LANDCAPING STANDARDS

2111.1

Surface parking areas with ten (10) or more parking spaces shall conform to the landscaping, tree canopy cover, screening, and lighting requirements as set forth in this section:

(a) A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the total area devoted to parking, including aisles and driveways shall be covered by landscaped areas planted with trees and shrubs;

(b) The landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy, growing condition; Dead or dying landscaping shall be replaced;

(c) All end islands of parking rows longer than nine (9) parking spaces, and all areas otherwise not used for ingress and egress, aisles, and parking spaces shall be landscaped;

(d) Landscaping around the perimeter of the parking area may count toward the area requirement of this subsection up to a distance of six feet (6 ft.) from the pavement;

(e) All newly planted trees shall have a minimum diameter of two and one-half inches (2.5 in.); all trees shall be planted or retained in a space that provides a minimum of five hundred (500) cubic feet of soil volume per tree; and

(f) Trees shall be planted a minimum of four feet (4 ft.) from any protective barrier, such as curbs or wheel stops with no horizontal dimension less than four feet (4 ft.) and a minimum depth of three feet (3 ft.).

2111.2

The Board of Zoning Adjustment may grant, by special exception, a full or partial reduction in the landscape standards for parking lots required by this section if, in addition to meeting the general requirements of § 3104, the applicant demonstrates that complying with the landscape standards is impractical because of size of lot, or other conditions relating to the lot or surrounding area that would tend to make full compliance unduly restrictive, prohibitively costly, or unreasonable.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-2111

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 10077 (July 12, 2013)

Authority: Section 1 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797; D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01 (2008 Repl.)).