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an acceptable number of plantings that may be planted in regular symmetrical patterns or <br />irregular clusters or 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 subsection is intended to be minimum requirements to achieve screening <br />between differing uses with varied intensities and impacts that are not always <br />complementary when adjacent to one another. When a bufferyard is required under this <br />section, the yard space and planting requirements are not to be reduced for other purposes <br />such as future parking and driveways, building expansions, or other activities that are not in <br />keeping with the purposes of 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 <br />percentage of the total required site landscaping. <br />Existing Adjacent Development <br />Proposed Development <br />B-1 <br />Bufferyard width <br />% increase in plantings required <br />B-2 <br />Bufferyard width <br />% increase in plantings required 30% <br />R-1 R-2 <br />R-3 <br />40 ft. <br />30 ft. <br />20 ft. <br />25% <br />20% <br />20% <br />50 ft. <br />40 ft. <br />30 ft. <br />25% 20% <br />2. As an alternative method for screening, fences that are 100 percent opaque may be <br />used to mitigate the impacts of businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. <br />Fences shall be subject to the provisions found in all applicable ordinances. When a <br />fence is used for screening purposes, the bufferyard planting requirements may be <br />reduced by ten percent 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 <br />feet of floor area and one additional dock/berth for each additional 25,000 square feet of floor <br />area. Such loading berth/dock shall be located in the rear or side wall of building. <br />