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The compliment of trees fulfilling the landscaping <br />requirements shall not be less than 25 percent deciduous <br />and lot less than 25 percent coniferous. No more than <br />25% of the required plantings shall consist of ornamental <br />trees. <br /> <br />v. Grading. <br /> <br />Final slope grades shall not exceed 3.5:i unless terracing <br />of retaining walls are approved. <br /> <br />Berming for parking lots and open space areas shall not <br />exceed 3' 1. <br /> <br />vi. Sodding and Ground Cover. All areas not other wise improved <br /> in accordance with approved site plans shall be sodded. <br /> <br />vii. Irrigation. <br /> <br />All landscaping areas required under this section shall <br />include underground irrigation systems. <br /> <br />Exceptions include landscape areas that are left in a <br />natural state. <br /> <br />Parking Lot Landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide <br />internal overstory tree plantings in an effort to shade parking surfaces <br />and provide visual relief. Plantings are required at the following <br />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. <br /> <br />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 />Bufferyards. This section are intended to be minimum <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 /> <br />Public / Semi-Public Facilities District <br /> <br /> page 4 <br />-388- <br /> <br /> <br />