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(1) <br /> <br />Acceptable plantings shall be determined by the City of <br />Ramsey planting schedule. <br /> <br />The compliment of trees fulfilling the landscaping <br />requirements shall be not less than 25 percent deciduous <br />and lot less than 25 percent coniferous. No more than 25% <br />of the required plantings shall consist of ornamental trees. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />One overstory tree shall be planted every 35 feet in the <br />boulevard along every street frontage. The number of <br />overstory trees needed for boulevard plantings may be <br />deducted from the overstory tree requirement in (ii) above. <br /> <br />e. Grading. <br /> <br />Final slope grades shall not exceed 3.5:1 unless terracing of <br />retaining walls is approved. <br /> <br />Berming for parking lots and open space areas shall not <br />exceed 3:1. <br /> <br />f. Sodding and Ground Cover. All areas not other wise improved in <br /> accordance with approved site plans shall be sodded. <br /> <br />g. Irrigation. <br /> <br />All landscaping areas required under this section shall <br />include underground irrigation systems. <br /> <br />Exceptions include landscape areas that are left in a natural <br />state. <br /> <br />Parking Lot Landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide <br />internal overstory tree plantings in an effort to shade parking surfaces <br />and provide visual relief. Plantings are required at the following <br />minimum schedule. The planting schedule is established to provide an <br />acceptable number of plantings that may be planted in regular <br />symmetrical patterns or irregular clusters or groupings. <br /> <br />1 tree per every 10 parking spaces. <br /> <br />Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting area of <br />162 square feet. <br /> <br />Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other natural <br />ground cover. Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is not <br />allowed. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />