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4. Planting types. <br />(i) Acceptable plantings shall be determined by the City of Ramsey Tree Book. <br />(ii) The compliment of trees fulfilling the landscaping requirements shall be not less <br />than 25 percent deciduous and lot less than 25 percent coniferous. No more than 25 <br />percent of the required plantings shall consist of ornamental trees. <br />(iii) For every 35 feet of public road frontage, one overstory tree shall be planted on <br />the 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 <br />storage, excluding natural areas that are left undisturbed, shall be covered with four <br />inches of topsoil, as defined in section 117-1. <br />c. Sodding and ground cover. All areas not otherwise improved in accordance with <br />approved site plans shall be finished with sod up to the edge of improved streets. Any <br />alternative to the sod requirement shall require ci cil approval. <br />d. Irrigation. <br />1. All landscaping areas required under this section < 'nclude underground <br />irrigation systems. <br />2. Exceptions include natural areas that are left undisturbed. <br />c. hiring lot landscaping. All patting lots arc required to provide internal overstory <br />tree plantings in an effort to shade p3t'ung surfaces and provide—i efal relief. Plantings are <br />required at the following minimum schoduh. The planting schedule is established to provide <br />an acceptable nun bcr of plantings that may be planted in regular symmetrical patterns or <br />irregular clusters or groupings. <br />1. 1 tree per every tan pail ng spaces. <br />2. Every overstory tree planting Aball be provided with a pkeiting arca of 162 square <br />feet, <br />3. Acceptable ground cover materialinclude sod, mulch, and othcr natural ground <br />cover. Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is not allowed. <br />1. All p x'ring lot planting aroazAxill include undergr„xn 1 irrigation systems. <br />fe. Bufferyards. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of businesses <br />that are adjacent to residential areas. The following table details the width of the <br />bufferyard along the common adjacent property line. An additional increase of <br />landscape plantings would be required in the bufferyard. That increase is expressed in <br />32 <br />