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-152- <br /> <br />Ornamental Trees ! 1.5 inch diameter as measured three feet above ~ound j <br /> <br />Ever~een Shrubs { 2 feet in height or 2 feet in width, whichever applies <br /> <br />Planting Types. Acceptable plantings shall be determined by the City, <br />planting schedule. The compliment of trees fulfilling the landscaping <br />requirements shall not be less than 25% deciduous and not less than <br />25% coniferous. <br /> <br />Grading. Final slope gades shall not exceed 3.5:1 unless terracing of <br />retaining wails are approved. Berming for parking lots and open <br />space areas shall not exceed a slope of 3:l. <br /> <br />Required Ground Cover. In the R-2 Residential District, all areas not <br />otherwise improved in accordance with approved site plans shall be <br />sodded. Nox/ous weeds do not constitute allowed gound cover in <br />any district. <br /> <br />Irrigation. All landscaped areas shall include under~ound, irrigation <br />systems. Exceptions to this requirement include landscaped areas that <br />are left in a natural state. <br /> <br />Open Space. Each townhouse development shall have at a minimum, <br />40% open space for the enjoyment of[ts residents that may be held as <br />private tots or in common areas. Qualifying areas include gassed <br />lawns, landscape areas, gardens, natural areas, landscape rock, mulch, <br />wetlands, and ponding areas. Of the 40% open space, 10% is to be <br />dedicated as an identifiable common area for use by residents of the <br />development. <br /> <br />Screening. <br /> <br />1. Bufferyards. The table below establishes the minimum bufferyard <br /> and additional plantings required when a higher density zoning <br /> district is adjacent to a lower density, zoning district. The screening <br /> requirements are applicable when any portion of a lot with a higher <br /> zoning desig-nation shares a property line with a lot of a lower zoning <br /> desig-nation. Within that bufferyard, an additional percentage of <br /> landscaping is also required based on the minimum landscape <br /> plantings. The additional percentage of plantings required, are to be <br /> planted within the bufferyard. <br /> <br /> R-2 30 ft <br /> Increase <br /> Required <br />R-3 4¢~ 30~ <br />Increase <br /> Required I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />