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b. Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area, sign or structure, shall be arranged to deflect light away from an adjoining residential district or public street. Bulbs emitting in excess of 3,000 lumens (150 watts) shall be so directed that the bulb is not visible from off of the property where such light source is located. c. Landscaping and buffering 1. Site Landscaping. a. Minimum Landscaping Requirements. A~l open space areas of a lot which are not used or improved for required parking areas, drives or storage shall be landscaped with a combination of overstory trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, ground cover, decorative walks, or other similar site design materials in a quantity and placement suitable for the site. A reasonable attempt should be made to preserve as many existing trees as is practicable and to incorporate them into the development. For each existing significant tree retained one overstory tree can be deducted from the minimum requirements. b. Number of plantings. The minimum number of overstory trees on any given site shall be. as indicated below. These are minimum requirements that are typically supplemented with other understory trees, shrubs, flowers and ground covers deemed appropriate for a complete quality landsc~pe treatment of a site. Type Number of Plantings Deciduous/Coniferous 1 per 50 lineal feet of site tree$ perimeter or 1 tree per 1,000 square feet of building footprint area, whichever is greater. For exparisions to buildings,. 1 tree.is required for each 1,000 square feet of additional building footprint area. Shrubs 1 per 30 lineal feet of site perimeter or 1 per 300 square feet of building footprint area, whichever is greater. c. Minimum size of plantings. Landscaping material shall be of the.follo~ing minimum planting size: -22-