17-7-12.1.4 Site design requirements.
The following standards apply to all new development and to the expansion by more than twenty-five percent of an existing building mass or site size in the zone:
A. Landscaping. The applicant shall professionally landscape the lot, according to an approved landscape plan, as a condition precedent to receiving a certificate of occupancy for all uses. The community development director shall evaluate landscape plans for all permitted uses. The planning commission shall evaluate landscape plans for conditional uses. Landscape plan approval is a condition precedent to issuance of a building permit for the parcel. All landscaping shall be in place prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, unless seasonal conditions make installation unfeasible, in which case the applicant shall provide cash security or its approved alternative for all landscaping, which landscaping shall be installed by the following May 31st.
1. Minimum Landscaped Area. The applicant must landscape a minimum of ten feet between the side yard or rear yard and the abutting property line when the side or rear yards are in public view.
2. Building Foundation Landscaping. The ground adjacent to the building foundation must be landscaped if it is visible from public vantage points.
3. Street Frontage Tree Requirements. An applicant shall provide at least one street tree for each thirty lineal feet of frontage. Street frontage trees may be clustered or spaced linearly in the park strip as provided in an approved landscape plan.
4. Minimum Number of Trees. A minimum of one tree for every four hundred square feet of landscaping is required for all landscaped areas. Street trees may be included in calculations in order to meet this requirement.
5. Landscaped Setback from Edge of Public Right-of-Way. The landscaped setback from the edge of a public right-of-way shall be fifteen feet.
6. Plant Materials. Areas requiring landscaping shall be planted with substantial live plant material including plants, shrubs, trees, sod, etc., for the purpose of buffering, screening, and improving the visual quality of the site.
a. Types of Vegetation. At least twenty-five percent of the landscaping must be evergreen. Up to twenty-five percent of the landscape area can include specialty paving, street furniture, and outdoor seating areas. Trees that are planted in the park strip shall meet the specifications described in the standard construction specifications of Midvale City.
b. Size of Trees. The following standards apply to the use of plant and tree material.
i. Deciduous Trees. All deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper size of two inches.
ii. Ornamental Trees. All ornamental trees shall have a minimum caliper size of one and one-half inches.
iii. Evergreen Trees. All evergreen trees shall have a minimum height of six feet.
7. Standards of Section 17-7-12.6(A)(5), Irrigation/Planting Plan.
8. Vegetation Protection. The property owner must protect existing significant vegetation during any development activity. Development plans must show all significant vegetation within twenty feet of a proposed development. Prior to certificate of occupancy, the property owner must demonstrate the health and viability of all large trees through a certified arborist.
9. Removal. No landscaping may be removed without replacement of equal or better quality. This shall include the installation of healthy plant materials as well as a tree for tree replacement as governed by this section.
10. Upgrading Preexisting Landscaping. The applicant must bring preexisting landscaping into compliance with this code.
11. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The plan must demonstrate how CPTED principles will be used in the design and layout of buildings, streets, accesses and open space areas. Design shall promote natural surveillance, access control, territorial reinforcement, sense of ownership, and maintenance. CPTED landscaping guidelines shall be used, including planting shrubs with a maximum height of three feet and trees with a proper ground clearance of six feet above walkways and sidewalks and eight feet above vehicular travel and parking lanes. To encourage public safety through natural surveillance, natural access control, and territorial reinforcement, blank walls are not permitted adjacent to streets, pedestrian areas, and open space amenities. Symbolic barriers, such as low lying fences/walls, landscaping and signage shall be used to discourage crime and to promote safety. Ground floor parking garages shall not be permitted immediately adjacent to streets. Developments shall have street-side building elevations with extensive windows, and with balconies, decks or landscape terraces encouraged.
B. Fencing. Unless the applicant can demonstrate a need for fencing for the protection of recreational amenities or the screening of necessary ground level equipment and service areas, fencing is prohibited. Fencing around recreational amenities shall be designed to be visually open as with wrought iron or similar material.
C. Open Space, Landscaping and Outdoor Recreational Amenities. The applicant shall improve a minimum of thirty percent of the interior of the proposed development area as open space, landscaping and outdoor recreational amenity areas. These areas include such improvements as landscaped areas not less than five feet wide, landscaped setbacks, elevated plazas, walkways, paths, and outdoor recreation spaces such as pools, playgrounds, etc. Improved, common recreational amenities shall be concentrated into larger, more functional areas as much as possible.
D. Common Recreational Amenities. The applicant shall provide appropriate recreational amenities for the project. This shall be demonstrated to the planning commission as part of its review and approval of the project. These amenities can be indoor and/or outdoor facilities.
E. Pedestrian Connections. Walkways of at least five feet in width shall be incorporated within and between developments where possible. Where walkways cross roads or driveways, stamped concrete or asphalt, or other distinguishable material, shall be used to construct crosswalks. (Ord. 2016-07 § 1 (Att. A (part)))