§ 88-425-07. SCREENING OF PARKING GARAGES

Parking floors within multi-story parking garages must be screened or concealed by one or more of the following methods:

88-425-07-A. GROUND-FLOOR RETAIL/OFFICE

When a parking garage is proposed for a street where the predominant use is retail or office, the garage's ground-level street frontage (except for driveways and pedestrian entrances) must be improved with retail, office of other active use types, as permitted by the subject zoning district. Ground-floor space improved with retail, office or other active uses must include display windows, lighting, architectural treatments, or landscaping that enhances the pedestrian environment.

88-425-07-B. GROUND-FLOOR RESIDENTIAL

Where permitted, ground-floor residential use may be used to conceal a parking garage.

88-425-07-C. LANDSCAPING

1.

Landscaping may be required for all parking garages (except fully enclosed garages) at ground-level or on each street façade above ground-level in the form of perimeter planters within openings, upper-level landscaped setbacks and/or the incorporation of hanging baskets, flower boxes or planting trellises.

2.

A parking garage that does not incorporate ground-floor nonresidential or residential use or is not otherwise screened or concealed at street frontages on the ground level, must provide a densely planted landscape perimeter that is a minimum of 10 feet in depth for any garage of less than 5 levels and 20 feet in depth for any garage with 5 levels or more.

88-425-07-D. UPPER-LEVEL SCREENING

In lieu of landscaping, on upper levels of a parking garage, the parking may be screened by business or residential uses, glazing, metal grillwork, louvers, and other architectural treatments.

(Ord. No. 130441, § 1, 7-11-2013)