Bartlesville Landscaping Requirements for Heat and Stormwater

The City of Bartlesville Code of Ordinance § 7.4.3 states that landscaping is an important part of land development and helps to define parking areas; mitigate the view of cars and pavement; provide a buffer and screening for residential properties; provide continuity to the streetscape; minimize noise, wind, heat, air pollution, and stormwater runoff and erosion; increase ground permeability; and obtain other environmental benefits associated with green infrastructure. Additionally § 7.4.3.1 states that required landscaping areas, landscaped islands, and buffer areas shall be designed to integrate parking lot and site drainage in order to increase stormwater infiltration, reduce stormwater runoff velocities, and minimize non-point source pollution.