§ 12.07.03. Front perimeter landscape.

A minimum ten-foot wide strip of land abutting the right-of-way shall be landscaped. Width of sidewalks shall not be included within the ten-foot wide front setback perimeter landscape area.

1.

Material requirements:

a.

Tree count. The total tree count requirement within the front setback perimeter landscape area shall be determined by using a ratio of one tree for each 30 linear feet of lot frontage, or major portion thereof, with 75 percent of said trees being indigenous trees.

b.

Surface cover. The remainder of the front perimeter landscape shall be landscaped with grass, ground cover, shrubs, hedges, other landscaping treatment or native plants, excluding paving.

2.

Use of front perimeter landscape.

a.

Overhang areas. Vehicles may overhang no more than two feet into perimeter landscape areas. The overhang area shall not be included as part of the landscape requirement.

b.

Fencing. Fencing shall not be forward of the required front yard building setback line, except for single-family detached residences.

c.

Accessways. All accessways through the perimeter landscape areas shall meet the following aisle width maximum and separation minimums: Fifteen-foot one-way drives, no less than 20 feet apart, and 27-foot two-way drives, no less than 20 feet apart, except as otherwise required by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Common ingress and egress to parking areas owned by adjacent land owners are permitted. Such common entryways to parking areas will be treated as a single parking area and must meet all requirements of this Code. Such common entries will only be permitted if there is a written agreement among the owners of the parking areas, which is acceptable to the town, and a copy of the agreement is filed with the town clerk. Such agreement shall be created in perpetuity, by written instrument in a form recordable in the public records of Okaloosa County, Florida, and be an irrevocable covenant running with the land, with authority vested in the town to enforce the covenant.

(LDC Ord. of 1-9-2014)