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Business Districts <br />proposed, parking may be located within the area between the building and the required <br />street lawn. <br />Section 1139.05 Street Lawns (Front Yards) <br />A. Requirement. Street lawns shall be provided along any frontage abutting a public right-of- <br />way to improve the appearance of Business Districts in the community. Except for <br />necessary driveways, frontage roads, service drives or walkways, a street lawn,shall extend <br />the full length of the lot line. <br />B. Street Lawn Standards. <br />1. Depth. The minimum depth of the street lawn shall be as follows: <br />a. B-1 Local Business District: 10 feet <br />b. B-2 Office/Service District: 20 feet <br />c. B-3 General Business District: 20 feet <br />d. B-4 Mixed-use Business District (single use): 20 feet or depth of building setback, <br />whichever is less <br />e. B-4 Mixed-use Business District (multiple uses): entire depth of building setback <br />2. Plant Materials. <br />a. At a minimum, a required street lawn along a road shall be'landscaped in <br />accordance with the following: <br />i. One (1) canopy tree plus one (1) additional canopy or ornamental tree for <br />each 75 feet, or fraction thereof, of road frontage; and <br />ii. Six (6) shrubs per each 50 feet, or fraction' thereof, of road frontage. <br />b. Existing trees located within the required street lawn that are of a species provided in <br />Appendix A shall be counted toward meeting the minimum requirements of this <br />section provided that they are in a healthy condition as determined by the City. Other <br />existing trees within the required street lawn may be counted toward the minimum <br />requirements of this section if approved by the reviewing authority. <br />c. Healthy and viable existing trees within a proposed street lawn shall be preserved <br />unless their removal is shown, to the satisfaction of the reviewing authority, to be <br />infeasible due to existing site characteristics, necessary grading, location of future <br />site improvements, the species of tree (see list of prohibited spedes in Appendix A) <br />or other similar conditions that make their preservation unreasonable or undesirable. <br />Financial hardship or development expediency shall not be considered valid rationale <br />for such tree removal. <br />d. If berms are appropriately incorporated into the street lawn, the reviewing authority <br />may reduce the required quantities of plant material by up to one-third (1/3). <br />e. If existing conditions are such that a lot cannot accommodate the street lawn <br />standards above, the reviewing authority may modify the landscape requirements <br />Where it is determined that the purpose of the street lawn will still be achieved. <br />3. Street Lawn Design. <br />a. Street lawn landscaping need not be evenly spaced. Clustering of trees and planting <br />beds is encouraged to provide a more aesthetic and natural appearance. <br />b. Landscaping shall be located so it does not obstruct the vision of drivers entering or <br />exiting a site. <br />c. Storm water management facilities may only be located within a required street lawn <br />Page 1139-6 City of North Olmsted Zoning Code <br />