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4. Irrigation. <br />a. All landscaping areas required under this section shall include <br />underground irrigation systems. <br />b. Exceptions include natural areas that are left undisturbed. <br />4. Parking Lot Landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide internal <br />overstory tree plantings in an effort to shade parking surfaces and provide <br />visual relief. Plantings are required at the following minimum schedule. The <br />planting schedule is established to provide an acceptable number of plantings <br />that may be planted in regular symmetrical patterns or irregular clusters or <br />groupings. <br />a. 1 tree per every 10 parking spaces. <br />b. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting <br />area of 162 square .feet. <br />c. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other <br />natural g round cover. Landscaping . rock and plastic <br />underlayment is not allowed. <br />d. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground <br />irrigation systems. <br />5. Bufferyards. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of <br />businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. The following table <br />details the width of the bufferyard along the common adjacent property <br />line. An additional increase of landscape plantings would be required in <br />the bufferyard. That increase is expressed in the table below as a <br />percentage of the total required site landscaping in the setback area. <br />E -1 <br />Bufferyard <br />width <br />% Increase <br />in plantings <br />required <br />Existing Adjacent' Dvelopment. <br />.B -1 <br />R -1 <br />60 feet <br />30% <br />R -2 <br />60 feet <br />30% <br />R -3 <br />60 feet <br />30% <br />35 feet <br />20% <br />B -2 <br />35 feet <br />•20% <br />d. Off - Street Loading: All off - street loading dock/berth areas shall be a <br />minimum of 50 feet in length and there shall be at least one docklberth <br />for the first 10,000 square feet of floor v area and one additional <br />berth/dock for each additional 25,000 square feet of floor area. <br />