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Proposed Development <br />Existing Adjacent Development 199 <br />R -1 <br />R -2 <br />R -3 <br />B -1 <br />B -2 <br />Office Park <br />Bufferyard width <br />60 ft. <br />60ft. <br />60 ft. <br />35 ft. <br />35 ft. <br />% increase in plantings <br />required <br />30% <br />30% <br />30% <br />20% <br />20% <br />166 (ii) The compliment of trees fulfilling the landscaping <br />167 requirements shall not be less than 25 percent deciduous and lot less <br />168 than 25 percent coniferous. No more than 25 percent of the required <br />169 plantings shall consist of ornamental trees. <br />170 <br />171 <br />172 <br />173 <br />174 <br />175 b. Topsoil. All exposed ground areas of a site not occupied by building, parking <br />176 or storage, excluding natural areas that are left undisturbed, shall be covered with six (6) <br />177 inches of topsoil, as defined in section 117 -1 or an approved alternative as referenced in <br />178 section 117 -348. <br />179 <br />180 <br />181 <br />182 <br />183 <br />184 d. Irrigation. <br />185 <br />186 <br />187 <br />188 <br />189 <br />190 <br />191 <br />192 <br />193 <br />194 <br />195 <br />196 <br />197 <br />198 <br />(iii) For every 35 feet of public road frontage, one overstory tree <br />shall be planted on the private property adjacent to the public road <br />right -of -way. <br />c. Sodding and ground cover. All areas not otherwise improved in accordance <br />with approved site plans shall be finished with sod up to the edge of improved streets. Any <br />alternative to the sod requirement shall require city council approval. <br />e. <br />1. All landscaping areas required under this section shall include <br />underground irrigation systems. <br />2. Exceptions include natural areas that are left undisturbed. <br />Bufferyards. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of <br />businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. The following table details <br />the width of the bufferyard along the common adjacent property line. An <br />additional increase of landscape plantings would be required in the <br />bufferyard. That increase is expressed in the table below as a percentage of <br />the total required site landscaping . <br />5 <br />