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e. Parking lot landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide internal overstory tree <br />plantings in an effort to shade parking surfaces and provide visual relief. Plantings are required <br />at the following minimum schedule. The planting schedule is established to provide an <br />acceptable number of plantings that may be planted in regular symmetrical patterns or <br />irregular clusters or groupings. <br />1. One tree per every ten parking spaces. <br />2. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting area of 162 square <br />feet. <br />3. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other natural ground <br />cover. Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is not allowed. <br />4. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground irrigation systems. <br />f. Bufferyards. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of businesses that <br />are adjacent to residential areas. The following table details the width of the bufferyard along <br />the common adjacent property line. An additional increase of landscape plantings would be <br />required in the bufferyard. That increase is expressed in the table below as a percentage of the <br />total required site landscaping in the setback area. <br />Pr <br />op <br />os <br />ed <br />De <br />vel <br />op <br />m <br />en <br />t <br />E -1 <br />Bufferyard <br />width <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />required <br />30% <br />F <br />1 <br />Existing Adjacent Development <br />R -2 <br />60 ft. <br />30% <br />R -3 <br />60 ft. <br />30% <br />B -1 <br />60 ft. <br />20% <br />B -2 <br />35 ft. <br />20% <br />(4) Off - street loading. All off - street loading dock /berth areas shall be a minimum of 50 feet in <br />length and there shall be at least one dock /berth for the first 10,000 square feet of floor area and one <br />additional berth /dock for each additional 25,000 square feet of floor area. <br />(f) Architectural standards. All exterior wall finishes on any building shall be: <br />(1) Face brick; <br />(2) Stucco; <br />(3) Glass; <br />35 ft. <br />