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o <br /> <br />established to provide an acceptable number of plantings that <br />may be planted in regular symmetrical patterns or irregular <br />clusters or groupings. <br /> <br />a. 1 tree per every 10 parking spaces. <br /> <br />b. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a <br /> planting area of 162 square feet. <br /> <br />Co <br /> <br />Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and <br />other natural ground cover. Landscaping rock and plastic <br />underlayment is not allowed. <br /> <br />d. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground <br /> irrigation systems. <br /> <br />Bufferyards. This section are intended to be minimum <br />requirements to achieve screening between differing uses with <br />varied intensities and impacts that are not always complementary <br />when adjacent to one another. When a bufferyard is required <br />under this section, the yard space and planting requirements are <br />not to be reduced for other purposes such as future parking and <br />driveways, building expansions, or other activities that are not in <br />keeping with the purposes of buffering and screening. <br /> <br />ao <br /> <br />Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of <br />businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. The <br />following table details the width of the bufferyard along the <br />common adjacent property line. An additional increase of <br />landscape plantings would be required in the bufferyard. <br />That increase is expressed in the table below as a <br />percentage of the total required site landscaping. <br /> <br /> Existing Adjacent Development <br /> R-1 R-2 R-3 <br /> <br />Bufferyard width 40ft 30ft 20ft <br />% Increase in plantings 25% 20% 20% <br />required <br />Bufferyard width 50 ft 40 ft 30 ft <br />% Increase in plantings 30% 25% 20% <br />required <br /> <br />b. As an alternative method for screening, fences that <br />are 100 percent opaque may be used to mitigate the impacts <br /> <br />Ordinance #04-17 <br /> Page 7 of 9 <br /> <br /> <br />