In the event, extraordinary or exceptional conditions exist pertaining to a particular piece of property due to size, shape, topography, subsurface conditions, or overhead structures; installation of plantings would be a detriment to the public; the requisite number of parking spaces can not be achieved and a variance of number or sizes of spaces can not be granted, a landscape buffer strip in the right-of-way may be installed pursuant to this subchapter only under the following conditions:
- (1) Where parking lots are adjacent to sidewalks in the public right-of-way, continuous landscape buffer strips will be constructed except at points of egress and ingress into the facility. The landscape buffer strips shall be a minimum of 5 feet in width and shall contain, in addition to ground cover, trees and shrubs planted along the entire length.
- (2) All plantings must be drought tolerant and comply, in as much as possible, with the height, width and caliper requirements of this regulation.
- (3) The landscape plan must be submitted to, and approved by the City of Oklahoma City. The approved permit must be submitted in conjunction with the landscape plan.
- (4) In no case shall this subsection supersede the screening requirement for off-street parking facilities adjoining residentially used or zoned properties.
Added at 23 Ok Reg 2931, eff 7-13-06