Tallahassee General Streetscaping for Downtown Overlay Regulating Plan and Multi-Modal Transportation District

This rule supports that streetscaping should complement the scale of the development and its surroundings, formalize public spaces, and provide valuable environmental services. To that end, development shall adhere to the provisions found below. Specific streetscaping requirements, found in Section 282.3(a)(1) and (2), apply to DT-5 in the University Village district along Gaines Street and Railroad Avenue and should be referred to for development in that area.(1)Street lights should be pedestrian in scale, and shall be no greater than 25-feet above grade.(2)Street trees shall be provided along all public road right-of-way in accordance with the requirements of Section 10-285, Tables 3, 4, 10A, 10B and 12. Trees placed within the right-of-way may be subject to maintenance agreements as determined by public works. Where right-of-way constraints or utility conflicts prohibit placement of trees, they shall be placed, if possible, between the sidewalk and façade (in the first layer) or off-site as approved by the City.(a)Within Transects T3 and T4, where trees are placed in the first layer, development shall provide a minimum of one shade tree in the first layer for each 20 feet of frontage.(b)Street Trees shall be placed a minimum of 10-feet apart or other length appropriate to the tree species; may be single or multiple species; and may be naturalistically clustered.(c)Sidewalk shading shall be accomplished through vegetation (Sec. 10-285, Table 4) or structurally with awnings, galleries, or arcades (Sec. 10-285, Table 5), unless use of either is determined by staff to be impractical given the site configuration.(d)Limitations apply to tree placement and structural extensions.1.Trees shall not interfere with existing overhead utility lines. Trees species approved for planting under utility lines are identified in Sec. 10- 285, Table 4.2.Mature canopy spread shall be considered in relation to street lighting so as not to impede lighting.3.Trees shall not be visual impediments in the sight distance triangle for automotive and pedestrian traffic.4.Trees shall be trimmed to preserve vertical clearance of at least eight (8) feet above sidewalks.5.Provide a 20-foot clear zone around fire hydrants.