These standards shall be considered as minimum requirements and shall apply to all new development (except for single-family detached dwelling units or duplexes to be built on their own lot and not part of a subdivision application) in the city. These standards shall also apply when application is made for any building permit that involves an expansion of an existing use, as well as development of any new or expanded parking area. For change of use, the planning director may require sections of this landscaping code be met when the change is from a less intense use to a more intense use, or when landscaping is severely out of compliance. (Ord. 1110 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1027, 1998; Ord. 929 Ch. 10(K)(2), 1995).