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ZDC 4-702. General Landscape Standards.
C. Landscape Area. Each site to be developed shall be required to provide landscape areas equal to or exceeding the minimum amounts provided in Chapter 2, Tables 4-202B, 4-203A, 4-203B and 4-204. Where buildings and/or parking areas are set back from the street, all front and street side yards shall be entirely landscaped, except city approved pathways, driveways, parking areas and pedestrian amenities. In addition to the minimum on site landscape, there shall be landscape in the entire area of the right of way, between street property line and back of street curb, except for approved driveways, pathways and bike paths.
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A common example:
A common violation for this code is a property that does not have enough landscaped area. The violation in this scenario is having too much non-landscaped areas on the property as defined in Chapter 2.