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Ii: opposition prevents the reduction of <br />parking requirements, cities can negotiate the <br />ecoftiendly alternative o! "green" overflow <br />parkin§--provlded there ia available land. <br />Green parking Lots have a sub-base to sup- <br />port heavy wheel loads and high traffic vol- <br />ume, and an interlocking grid of dn§a that <br />hold aand and topsoil with turf on top. The <br />retailer maintains the turf by mowing and <br />plowing. Home Depot has a green lot at its <br />Enfle(d, Connect[cut, store. And the nearby <br />cities of West Ha~ford and Farmin~ton denied <br />a 3~o,ooo*square4oot expansion of the Wesb <br />~arms Mall untd green paving and/he addition <br /> <br />ing for 700 vehicles. <br /> <br /> 8end, Oregon, asks for a sJ§nage plan aa <br />part of the site plan. The eib/also assists <br />developers with a color guide. The difference <br /> <br />and those for [arge-sca~e retaiIers is that, for <br /> <br />height and 8 feet in widlh; wider signs may be <br />allowed provided the totai sign area does not <br />exceed ~2o square feet; all sign bases shad <br /> <br />grounds of inierna(Ly idumina[ed si§ns shal( <br /> <br />inc[uPing reader boards, <br />Finally, desi§n standards should be spe- <br />cffic. Subjective langua§e, including words such <br /> <br />should be accompanied with photos or ~phi~ <br /> avoid costly court ba~tles resulting ~rom the <br />developer's misinterpretation of ci~ codes. <br /> ~nd$caping. Some communities have <br />special landscape provisions For big box sites, <br />including landscaping that he,ps fo break up <br /> <br />are divided into "pods" with landscaping <br /> <br /> Queen Creek, Arizona. requires a 3D-foot- <br />wide landscaped buffer along the front prop* <br />erty line and abutting roadways, Where the <br />facade faces adiacent residential uses. the <br /> <br />parking space {ocated more than ~oo feet from <br /> <br />the parking lot, provides buffering at the ed§e <br />o[the site, and softens the entrances to build- <br />ings. In fact. Moline, Illinois, requires one and <br />a half times more landscaping in paved areas <br />and around the buiidin§ foundation of big box <br /> <br /> 5tor~ge. Many big box retaiier~ use out- <br /> <br />should regulate the amount, location, and <br />design of the areas throu§h screening and <br /> <br />colors of the buiIding. <br /> Temporary sales and displays, such as <br /> <br />ments for spedfied business and commercial <br />districts. The planning director or appointed <br /> <br />docks, truck parking, utili~ meters, HVAC <br /> <br />into the overall design of the building and <br />visibiliW from ail property lines and separated <br /> <br />158 ZONINGPRACTIC[ 12.OS <br /> <br /> <br />