Plano addresses urban heat island risk primarily through Tree Code Chapter 44 canopy requirements and parking lot landscape standards in the Zoning Ordinance. There is no dedicated cool-roof mandate beyond International Energy Conservation Code requirements.
The Plano Zoning Ordinance requires interior parking lot landscape islands and minimum tree counts to soften paved heat sinks throughout commercial corridors such as Legacy West and the Shops at Legacy. Tree Code Chapter 44 mandates replacement of protected trees removed during development, supporting canopy targets in the Comprehensive Plan. Roof reflectance is governed indirectly through the adopted International Energy Conservation Code, which sets baseline solar reflectance index values in cooling-dominated climate zone three. Plano has not enacted a dedicated cool-pavement program; standard hot-mix asphalt remains the default in residential reconstruction.
Removing required parking lot landscape islands or failing to install required tree replacements during a redevelopment can trigger code-enforcement stop-work orders and certificate of occupancy holds until compliance is achieved.
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