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(6) All magazining or stacking space for vehicles shall be off-street and shall be constructed to size <br />that will accommodate that number of vehicles which can be serviced during a maximum 30 <br />minute period and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer. <br />(7) Parking or car magazine storage space shall be screened from view of abutting residential <br />districts. <br />(8) Provisions are made to control and reduce noise. <br />(9) A concrete curb not less than six inches above grade shall separate the public sidewalk from <br />motor vehicle service areas. <br />(10) Open and outdoor storage areas and/or open and outdoor service, sales, display or rental areas <br />shall not encroach on the required off street parking, loading area or traffic maneuvering area <br />required by this chapter. <br />(11) Off-street parking areas, driveways, traffic maneuvering areas, open and outdoor storage areas, <br />open and outdoor service, sales, display or rental areas shall be surfaced with concrete or <br />blacktop and finished with continuous concrete curbing. Any site proposing to install any of the <br />above named site improvements shall submit a grading, drainage, and erosion, control plan to <br />the city engineer for approval prior to installation of improvements. <br />(12) Open and outdoor service, sales, display, storage, or rental shall be fenced or screened from <br />view of abutting residential districts. All conditions pertaining to a specific site are subject to <br />change when the council, upon investigation in relation to a formal request, finds that the general <br />welfare and public betterment can be served as well or better by modifying the conditions. <br />(13) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area, sign or structure shall be <br />arranged to deflect light away from an adjoining residential district or public street. Bulbs emitting <br />in excess of 3,000 lumens (150 watts) shall be so directed that the bulb is not visible from off of <br />the property where such light source is located. <br />(14) Landscaping and buffering. <br />a. Site landscaping. <br />1. Minimum landscaping requirements. All open space areas of a lot which are not used <br />or improved for required parking areas, drives or display areas shall be landscaped with <br />a combination of overstory trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, ground cover, <br />decorative walks, or other similar site design materials in a quantity and placement <br />suitable for the site. A reasonable attempt should be made to preserve as many existing <br />trees as is practicable and to incorporate them into the development. For each existing <br />significant tree retained one overstory tree can be deducted from the minimum <br />requirements. <br />2. Number of plantings. The minimum number of overstory trees on any given site shall <br />be as indicated below. These are minimum requirements that are typically <br />supplemented with other understory trees, shrubs, flowers and ground covers deemed <br />appropriate for a complete quality landscape treatment of a site. <br />Business Districts <br />Deciduous/coniferous 1 per 50 lineal feet of site perimeter or 1 tree per 1,000 square feet of <br />trees building footprint area, whichever is greater. For expansions to buildings, 1 <br />additional tree is required for each 1,000 square feet of additional building <br />footprint area. <br />