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<br />Subsection 9.20.13 (R-3 Residential District) Subd. 5 <br /> <br />6. Required Ground Coyer. hl the R 3 Residential District, all ai"eas <br />. not othenvise improved" in accordanoe '.villi approved site plans <br />shall be sodded~ Noxiot....s weeds do not constitute allov.ed ground <br />cover in any district. <br /> <br />!:f-~. Irrigation. All landscaped areas shall include underground <br />irrigation systems. ' Exceptions to this requirement iJ1.clude <br />landscaped areas that are left in a natural statenatural areas that are <br />left undisturbed. - <br /> <br />&Q.. Open Space. Each townhouse development shall have at a <br />minimum, 40% open space for the enjoyment of its residents that <br />may be held as private lots or in common areas. QualifYlngareas <br />include grassed lawns, landscape areas, gardens, natural areas, <br />landscape rock, mulch, wetlands,' and'ponding areas. Of the 40% <br />open space, 10% is to be dedicated as an identifiable common area <br />for use by residents of the ~evelopment. <br /> <br />f. Screening. <br /> <br />1. Bufferyards. The table below establishes the minimum <br />bufferyardand additional.plantings required when a higher <br />density zoning district is adjacent to a lower density zoning <br />district. The screening requirements are applicable when <br />any portion of a lot with"a higher zoning desi~ation shares <br />a property line with a lot of a lower zoning designation. . <br />Within that bufferyard, an additional' percentage of <br />landscaping is also required based on themillimum . <br />landscape plantings. The additional percentage of plantings <br />required, are to be planted within the bufferyard. . <br /> <br />R-l <br />R-2 30 ft <br />% 10% <br />Increase <br />Required <br />R-3 40ft 30ft <br />% 20% 10% <br />Increase <br />Required <br /> <br />. 2. The additional landscaping materials shall be in addition to the <br />number of plantings required in the site landscaping section of this <br />district and shall be located within the required bufferyard. <br /> <br />3. Screening shall be installed in accordance with City Code Section <br />9.11.09. . . <br /> <br /> <br />29 <br />