Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/02/2011 - Special Jt Mtg w CC

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4. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground irrigation systems. f. Bufferyards. Bufferyards are greenspace areas intended to provide additional screening of businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. The following table details the width of the bufferyard along the common adjacent property line. An additional increase of landscape plantings would be required in the bufferyard. That increase is expressed in the table below as a percentage of the total required site landscaping. Existing Adjacent Development R-1 R-2 R-3 B-1 B-2 Proposed E-2 60 ft. 60 ft. 60 ft. 35 ft. 35 ft. Development Bufferyard width 30% 30% 30% 20% 20% % increase in plantings required g- Stormwater. The master plan shall include a stormwater plan for the entire development site. In addition to traditional stormwater management methods, low impact development (LID) strategies are encouraged throughout the development site, particularly in parking areas. Such methods might include special soil systems, pervious pavements, storm ceptors, underground storage, and bio-retention strips and cells (rain gardens). h. Parking areas. A parking plan shall be included as part of the master site plan submittal. Parking lots, stalls, and drive accesses shall be designed to accommodate a variety of vehicle sizes and turning movements. Building service areas (loading docks, trash storage and removal). Such areas shall be internal to the building wherever possible and in all cases constructed of the same exterior materials and screened from adjacent lots, public streets, and building entrances. J. Mechanical equipment. All mechanical equipment associated with buildings must be completely screened from view, whether located on the roof or ground level. k. Outdoor storage. All storage, including open storage, storage in containers, trailers, or similar enclosures, is prohibited, except as permitted under subsection (f) of this section. 1. Lighting. A lighting plan shall be included as part of the master plan submittal. Lighting must be used to illuminate off-street parking areas, signs, structures, and pedestrian walkways. The scale of lighting fixtures must be appropriate to the scale of what is proposed to be lighted. Fixtures must be arranged so that the bulb is not visible from outside the area proposed to be lighted by that fixture. 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.