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go <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Open Space. Each townhouse development shall have at a <br />minimum, 40% open space for the enjoyment of its <br />residents that may be held as private lots or in common <br />areas. Qualifying areas include grassed lawns, landscape <br />areas, gardens, natural areas, landscape rock, mulch, <br />wetlands, and ponding areas. Of the 40% open space, 10% <br />is to be dedicated as an identifiable common area for use by <br />residents of the development. Tiffs cormnon area could <br />contain recreation areas, swimming pools, clubhouses, and <br />other types of gathering facilities. <br /> <br /> Screening. <br />1. Bufferyards. The table below establishes the minimum <br /> bufferyard and additional plantings required when a higher <br /> density zoning district is adjacent to a lower density zoning <br /> district. The screening requirements are applicable when <br /> any portion of a lot with a higher zoning designation shares <br /> a property line with a lot of a lower zoning designation. <br /> Within that bufferyard, an additional percentage of <br /> landscaping is also required based on the minimum <br /> landscape plantings. The additional percentage of plantings <br /> required, are to be planted within the bufferyard. <br /> <br /> R- 1 R-2 <br />R-1 <br />% 10% - <br />Increase <br />Required <br />R-3 40ft 30ft <br />% 20% 10% <br />Increase <br />Required <br /> <br />The additional landscaping materials shall be in addition to the <br />number of plantings required in the site landscaping section of this <br />district and shall be located within the required bufferyard. <br /> <br />Screening shall be installed in accordance with City Code Section <br />9.11.09. <br /> <br /> <br />