Mixed-Use Design Standards

MUDS 6.2 Street Trees: Species & Standards

MUDS 6.2.1 Intent.

The consistent use of street trees is a typical design feature for mixed-use developments. Street trees should be planted and spaced to provide both a continuous, shaded sidewalk and a spatially-enclosed street.

Standard:

MUDS 6.2.2 Street Trees.

Street trees are required along all streets and roadways. Street trees shall provide both a continuous, shaded environment along roadways and a physical and visual barrier between a pedestrian on the sidewalk and vehicles on the roadway. Alleys and service drives shall not be considered streets or roadways for the purposes of this standard.

MUDS 6.2.3 Standards and Species.

Street trees shall conform to the standards provided in the following table.

Street Trees
Street Tree Standards
Species	A variety of tree species shall be used from block to block to provide a diverse urban forest; one species may be used on both sides of a street for the entire length of a block. Street tree species shall conform to 7.16 of the Municipal Code and shall be listed in a street tree schedule in the project design manual.
Size	Large deciduous canopy trees shall be two (2) inches caliper minimum at planting; small deciduous ornamental trees shall be one and one-half (1-1/2) inches caliper minimum at planting.
Spacing	Street tree spacing shall be determined by the mature size of the tree, the sub-zone, and other site features such as infrastructure and utilities; street tree spacing shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet and a maximum of forty (40) feet for the full length of all streets and roadways.
Configuration	Street trees shall be planted in a row that extends the full length of all streets and roadways.
Location	Street trees shall be planted within the right-of-way of all streets, access-ways, and roadways, excluding thoroughfares, alleys, and service drives. If not allowed within a thoroughfare right-of-way, street trees shall be planted on the private lots along the thoroughfare right-of way. The location of street trees shall not conflict with site distance triangles, street lights, utilities, and other public facilities. Street trees shall not be required along civic sub-zones if landscape plans included in the project design manual demonstrate that street trees would interfere with the design and character of the civic space.

Effective on: 1/1/1901