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-194- a. Natural Features. The City may permit any one of the natural features described below to be used to buffer existing single family residential development from proposed residential development with higher densities. 2. 3, 4. Existing vacant topographical features such as hills and swales Wetlands, lakes and rivers, and streams County, State highways, and Municipal State Aid collector streets A minimum three hundred (300) foot wide, undeveloped, natural distance separation. b. Landscape Buffering. Landscape buffering is a technique used to buffer existing single family residential developments from proposed residential developments with higher densities that uses either existing or newly planted vegetation. Determination of Buffering Attainment Level a. Proposed Urban Development adjacent to Existing Urban Development. This section applies to proposed urban residential developments that are. adjacent to an existing urban residential development. Matching the proposed development to the adjacent existing development in the following chart determines the level of buffering or "Attainment" required. The numeric attainment level is matched to the level found in the chart in Subsection 2 below. Transition Attainment Level Existing Adjacent Urban Use Vacant R- 1 R- 1 NA NA R-2 and R-3 NA ' . Level ~ ...... As determined PUD NA necessary by City Council b. Proposed Urban Development adjacent to Existing Rural Development - This section applies to proposed residential developments that are adjacent to rural residential development. Matching the proposed use to the adjacent use in the following chart determines the level of buffering or "Attainment" required. The I i I: I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I i I