§ 88-425-13. ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE

88-425-13-A. The city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment allowing for alternative compliance with the landscaping and screening standards of this article.

88-425-13-B. Alternative compliance may be approved when the city planning and development director determines that the proposed alternative would be at least as effective as strict compliance in meeting the overall intent of the standards.

88-425-13-C. Alternative compliance may also be approved when the city planning and development director determines that:

1.

strict application of the provisions would deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of the land or would otherwise impose an unreasonable hardship upon the applicant;

2.

conditions and circumstances upon which the waiver or modification is sought are not caused by the applicant; and

3.

that alternative landscape treatments will be provided to off-set the waiver or reduction in otherwise applicable standards.

88-425-13-D. The city planning and development director is expressly authorized to approve such alternative landscape treatments as:

1.

landscaped earth berms;

2.

raised planters;

3.

hanging baskets;

4.

flower boxes;

5.

planting trellises;

6.

roof-top gardens;

7.

perimeter plantings on roof-tops, decks or balconies;

8.

pedestrian lighting;

9.

flag or banner poles;

10.

benches and seating areas;

11.

vine-covered fences, walls or trellises;

12.

brick walls;

13.

public art installations; and

14.

additional landscaping and tree planting elsewhere on the site that will be visible from public right-of-way.