12.18.060 Bothell boulevard system landscaping.
A. Properties which have street frontage along the Bothell boulevard system as set forth in the urban design element of the Imagine Bothell... Comprehensive Plan shall install Type IV landscaping in a five- to 10-foot-wide planter along the street frontage placed between the sidewalk and vehicle travel lanes, except in more urbanized areas with on-street parking and/or street trees with grates area appropriate, and shall incorporate the street trees specified in the table below. The city of Bothell may determine that median planting islands shall be required as part of street planting for the Bothell boulevard system. LID BMPs such as bioretention facilities should be utilized within right-of-way landscaping where feasible, as determined by city of Bothell design and construction development standards, provided the screening purpose of the landscape type is achieved. Median designs shall be reviewed and approved by the department of public works.
Boulevard Name |
Street Tree |
Median Tree(s) |
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Bothell Way NE SR 522 to NE 188th St. (Multiway Boulevard) |
Consistent with Multiway Boulevard design |
Consistent with Multiway Boulevard design |
Bothell Way NE/Bothell-Everett Highway (NE 188th to I-405) |
Red Oak (Quercus rubra), Summit Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Summit’) |
Columnar Pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’), Armstrong Maple (Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’) |
SR-527/Bothell Everett Highway (I-405 to northern planning area boundary) |
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), Apollo Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum ‘Barrett cole’) |
Hornbeam (Carpinus betula), Armstrong Maple (Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’) |
SR 522 in the downtown core (from NE 180th to 102nd Ave. NE) |
Consistent with Crossroads design |
Consistent with Crossroads design |
SR-522 (outside of the downtown core) |
Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), Greencolumn Maple (Acer nigrum ‘Greencolumn’), planted in a less formal, more naturalistic pattern |
Columnar Pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’), Armstrong Maple (Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’), Columnar (Acer rubrum ‘Red sunset’), Hornbeam (Carpinus betula ‘Fastigiata’) |
Pontius/Meridian Avenue (228th St. SE to SR-522) |
Zelkova Tree (Zelkova serrat ‘Village Green’), Musashino Zelkova (Zelkova serrata ‘musashino’) |
Snowdrop Tree (Styrax japonica), Pyramidal Beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Fastigiata’), Columnar Pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristocrat’) |
228th Avenue (entirety) |
American Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) |
Little-Leaf Linden (Tilia cordata), Pyramidal Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus pyramidalis) |
Filbert Maltby Road |
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris), Tricolor Beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Roseomarginata’) |
Columnar Pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristrocrat’), Pyramidal ‘Dawyck’ Beech (Fagus sylvatica fastigiata) |
35th Avenue SE/39th Avenue SE/240th St SE |
Silver Maple (Acer saccarinum), Princeton Sentry (Gingko biloba ‘Princeton sentry’) |
Katsura (Ceridiphyllum japonicum), Sargent Cherry (Prunus sargentii ‘Columnaris’) |
120th Avenue NE (north of NE 195th) |
Red Oak (Quercus rubra), Summit Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Summit’) |
Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia), Sargent Cherry (Prunus sargentii ‘Columnaris’) |
120th Avenue NE/NE 180th Street (south of NE 195th) |
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides), Parkway Maple (Acer platanoides ‘Columnarbroad’) |
Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia), Pyramidal Beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Fastigiata’), Pyramidal Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus pyramidalis) |
Beardslee Blvd./NE 195th St. |
American Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) |
Armstrong Maple (Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’), Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) |
Waynita Drive NE/100th Avenue NE |
Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), Apollo Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum ‘Barrett cole’) |
Columnar Pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’), Snowdrop Tree (Styrax japonica) |
Woodinville Way NE/NE 160th Street (if and when annexed) |
Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea), Dawyck Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck purple’) |
Columnar maple (Acer rubrum ‘Columnare’), Columnar Pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristocrat’) |
B. Alternative species may be substituted; provided such species are demonstrated to have the same characteristics such as speed of growth, form, size, leaf texture and root spread. Departures from the required street tree species shall require the approval of the community development director. (Ord. 2200 § 2 (Exh. B), 2016; Ord. 2171 § 3 (Exh. C), 2015; Ord. 1904 § 1, 2003; Ord. 1815 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1629 § 1, 1996).
Amended during 7/15 supplement.