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<br />For every 35 feet of public road frontage, one overstory tree shall be planted on the
<br />private property adjacent to the public road right -of -way.
<br />b. Topsoil. All exposed ground areas of a site not occupied by building, parking or storage,
<br />excluding natural areas that are left undisturbed, shall be covered with six inches of topsoil, as
<br />defined in section 117 -1, or an approved alternative as referenced in section 117 -348
<br />c. Sodding and ground cover. All areas not otherwise improved in accordance with approved site
<br />plans shall be finished with sod up to the edge of improved streets. Any alternative to the sod
<br />requirement shall require city council approval.
<br />d. Irrigation.
<br />1. All landscaping areas required under this section shall include underground irrigation
<br />systems.
<br />2. Exceptions include natural areas that are left undisturbed.
<br />e. Parking lot landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide internal overstory tree plantings
<br />in an effort to shade parking surfaces and provide visual relief. Plantings are required at the
<br />following minimum schedule. The planting schedule is established to provide an acceptable
<br />number of plantings that may be planted in regular symmetrical patterns or irregular clusters or
<br />groupings.
<br />1. 1 tree per every ten parking spaces.
<br />2. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting area of 162 square feet.
<br />3. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other natural ground cover.
<br />Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is not allowed.
<br />4. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground irrigation systems.
<br />f. Bufferyards. This section is intended to be minimum requirements to achieve screening between
<br />differing uses with varied intensities and impacts that are not always complementary when
<br />adjacent to one another. When a bufferyard is required under this section, the yard space and
<br />planting requirements are not to be reduced for other purposes such as future parking and
<br />driveways, building expansions, or other activities that are not in keeping with the purposes of
<br />buffering and screening.
<br />1. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of businesses that are adjacent
<br />to residential areas. The following table details the width of the bufferyard along the
<br />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
<br />of the total required site landscaping:
<br />2. As an alternative method for screening, fences that are 100 percent opaque may be used
<br />to mitigate the impacts of businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. Fences shall
<br />be subject to the provisions found in all applicable ordinances. When a fence is used for
<br />screening purposes, the bufferyard planting requirements may be reduced by ten percent
<br />from the stated minimum requirement.
<br />(15) Off - street loading: One off - street loading dock /berth shall be provided for the first 10,000 square feet of
<br />floor area and one additional dock/berth for each additional 25,000 square feet of floor area. Such
<br />loading berth /dock shall be located in the rear or side wall of building.
<br />(Code 1978, § 9.20.21; Ord. No. 80 -04, 5 -25 -1980; Ord. No. 86 -2, 8 -25 -1986; Ord. No. 93 -01, 3 -1 -1993; Ord. No. 93 -05, 4 -23-
<br />1993; Ord. No. 96 -12, 7 -29 -1996; Ord. No. 03 -21, 8 -25 -2003; Ord. No. 04 -20, 6 -1 -2004; Ord. No. 09 -06, § 2, 4 -28 -2009; Ord.
<br />No. 09 -12, § 2, 9 -8 -2009; Ord. No. 10 -04, § 2, 4 -13 -2010)
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<br />Proposed
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<br />R -2
<br />R -3
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<br />Bufferyard
<br />width
<br />increase
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<br />required
<br />40 ft.
<br />30 ft.
<br />20 ft.
<br />25%
<br />20%
<br />20%
<br />B -2
<br />Bufferyard
<br />width
<br />increase
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<br />50 ft.
<br />40 ft.
<br />30 ft.
<br />30%
<br />25%
<br />20%
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<br />For every 35 feet of public road frontage, one overstory tree shall be planted on the
<br />private property adjacent to the public road right -of -way.
<br />b. Topsoil. All exposed ground areas of a site not occupied by building, parking or storage,
<br />excluding natural areas that are left undisturbed, shall be covered with six inches of topsoil, as
<br />defined in section 117 -1, or an approved alternative as referenced in section 117 -348
<br />c. Sodding and ground cover. All areas not otherwise improved in accordance with approved site
<br />plans shall be finished with sod up to the edge of improved streets. Any alternative to the sod
<br />requirement shall require city council approval.
<br />d. Irrigation.
<br />1. All landscaping areas required under this section shall include underground irrigation
<br />systems.
<br />2. Exceptions include natural areas that are left undisturbed.
<br />e. Parking lot landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide internal overstory tree plantings
<br />in an effort to shade parking surfaces and provide visual relief. Plantings are required at the
<br />following minimum schedule. The planting schedule is established to provide an acceptable
<br />number of plantings that may be planted in regular symmetrical patterns or irregular clusters or
<br />groupings.
<br />1. 1 tree per every ten parking spaces.
<br />2. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting area of 162 square feet.
<br />3. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other natural ground cover.
<br />Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is not allowed.
<br />4. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground irrigation systems.
<br />f. Bufferyards. This section is intended to be minimum requirements to achieve screening between
<br />differing uses with varied intensities and impacts that are not always complementary when
<br />adjacent to one another. When a bufferyard is required under this section, the yard space and
<br />planting requirements are not to be reduced for other purposes such as future parking and
<br />driveways, building expansions, or other activities that are not in keeping with the purposes of
<br />buffering and screening.
<br />1. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of businesses that are adjacent
<br />to residential areas. The following table details the width of the bufferyard along the
<br />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
<br />of the total required site landscaping:
<br />2. As an alternative method for screening, fences that are 100 percent opaque may be used
<br />to mitigate the impacts of businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. Fences shall
<br />be subject to the provisions found in all applicable ordinances. When a fence is used for
<br />screening purposes, the bufferyard planting requirements may be reduced by ten percent
<br />from the stated minimum requirement.
<br />(15) Off - street loading: One off - street loading dock /berth shall be provided for the first 10,000 square feet of
<br />floor area and one additional dock/berth for each additional 25,000 square feet of floor area. Such
<br />loading berth /dock shall be located in the rear or side wall of building.
<br />(Code 1978, § 9.20.21; Ord. No. 80 -04, 5 -25 -1980; Ord. No. 86 -2, 8 -25 -1986; Ord. No. 93 -01, 3 -1 -1993; Ord. No. 93 -05, 4 -23-
<br />1993; Ord. No. 96 -12, 7 -29 -1996; Ord. No. 03 -21, 8 -25 -2003; Ord. No. 04 -20, 6 -1 -2004; Ord. No. 09 -06, § 2, 4 -28 -2009; Ord.
<br />No. 09 -12, § 2, 9 -8 -2009; Ord. No. 10 -04, § 2, 4 -13 -2010)
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