Commercial Landscaping

Landscape regulations serve to safeguard and enhance property values while protecting public and private investment. The regulations encourage the preservation of the existing natural environment to aid in the stabilization of the environment's ecological balance whenever possible, and require property owners to provide landscape amenities, setbacks, and screening that promote a positive image reflecting order, harmony, and pride for new development and existing properties in the city.

A critical component of these regulations is the preservation of trees in Arlington that serve to clean the air, provide shade, reduce the amount of soil runoff due to erosion, and beautify the environment. The results of this effort will be a strengthening of the economic stability of Arlington's business, cultural, and residential areas.

Required standards for commercial property landscape design, development, and maintenance in the Unified Development Code are established to ensure properties are safe and visually pleasing to the community.

All multi-family and non-residential development shall provide a perimeter landscape setback area along the entire right-of-way adjacent to any public street right-of-way. (Not applicable to DB, DNO, or LCMUO overlay districts.)

Read the Ordinance

Approved Plant Lists

Unified Development Code Information Bulletin with Approved Plant Lists(PDF, 150KB)

Landscape Set-back

Landscape Setback, UDC Article 5, Section 5.2.2.B(PDF, 17MB)

A setback adjacent to a public street in which landscaping is required as measured from the street right-of-way line for local streets, or as measured from the right-of-way as required on the adopted Thoroughfare Development Plan for collector or arterial streets.

Required Landscape Setback Standards, Table 5.2-1 (pg. 127)

Parking Lot Landscaping and Screening

Applicability, UDC, Section 5.2.2.E.1-4 (pg. 130)

Tree Preservation and Replacement

Non-residential and Mixed-Use Development: Tree Preservation Requirements, UDC, Section 5.2.3.A.1-5 (pg. 134)

Landscaping Design and Materials Requirements

Maintenance and Irrigation

Questions / Concerns

Please contact Luis Morales at 817-459-5343, or email commercial@arlingtontx.gov.

Landscaping - Good example

Image of a property with nice landscaping.

Commercial landscaping - Good example

Image of a location in the Arlington Highlands with beautiful flowers (pinkish red and white) in the foreground.

Landscaping - Good example

Image of a pretty and serene looking parklike setting with nice landscaping.

Commercial landscaping - Good example

Image of a location in the Arlington Highlands with beautiful flowers (red/white) in the foregrounds with nice landscaping - with pretty pinkish/red and white flowers in the foreground.

Commercial landscaping - Violation example

Image of a portion of a commercial property with dead landscaping.

Commercial landscaping - Violation example

Image of missing and dead landscaping on a commercial property.

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