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minimum schedule. The planting schedule is established to provide an <br />acceptable number of plantings that may be planted in regular <br />symmetrical patterns or irregular clusters or groupings. <br /> <br />i. I tree per every_ 10 parking spaces. <br /> <br />ii. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting <br /> area of 162 square feet. <br /> <br />iii. <br /> <br />Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other <br />natural ground cover. Landscaping rock and plastic <br />underlayment is not allowed. <br /> <br />iv. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground <br /> irrigation systems. <br /> <br />3. Bufferyards. This section are intended to be minimum <br /> <br />requirements to achieve screening between differing uses with varied <br />intensities and impacts that are not always complementary when <br />adjacent to one another. When a bufferyard is required under this <br />section, the yard space and planting requirements are not to be reduced <br />for other purposes such as future parking and driveways, building <br />expansions, or other activities that are not in keeping with the purposes <br />of buffering and screening. <br /> <br />Buffe_ryards are intended to provide additional screening of <br />businesses that are adjancent to residential areas. The following <br />table details the width of the bufferyard along the common <br />adjacent property line. An additional increase of landscape <br />plantings would be required in the buffervard. That increase is <br /> <br />expressed in the table below as a percentage of the total required <br />site landscaping. <br /> <br />ii. <br /> <br /> Existing Adjacent Development <br /> <br />Bufferyard width I 40ft I 30ft I 20fi I <br />Increase in plantings required 125% I 20% 20% <br />-- ~ -- <br />Bufferyard width I 50ft I 40ft I 30ftI <br /> Incr-ease in plantings required <br /> <br />As an alternative method for screening, fences that are 100 <br />percent opaque may be used to mitigate the impacts of <br />businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. Fences shall be <br />subject to the provisions found in Section 9.11.17. When a fence <br /> <br />is used for screening purposes, the bufferyard planting <br />requirements may be reduced by 10 percent from the stated <br />minimum requirement. <br /> <br />Business Districts 9-8 March '03 Draft <br /> <br /> <br />