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(a) All landscaping areas required under this section shall include <br /> underground irrigation systems. <br /> <br />(b) Exceptions include landscape areas that are left in a natural state. <br /> <br />Parking Lot Landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide internal <br />overstory tree plantings in an effort to shade parking surfaces and provide <br />visual relief. Plantings are required at the following minimum schedule. <br />The planting schedule is established to provide an acceptable number of <br />plantings that 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 planting area <br /> of 162 square feet. <br /> <br />(c) <br /> <br />Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other <br />natural ground cover. Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment <br />is not allowed. <br /> <br />(d) All parking lot planting areas shall include underground irrigation <br /> systems. <br /> <br />Bufferyards. Bufferyards are greenspace areas intended to provide <br />additional screening of businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. <br />The following table details the width of the bufferyard along the common <br />adjacent property line. An additional increase of landscape plantings <br />would be required in the bufferyard. That increase is expressed in the <br />table below as a percentage of the total required site landscaping. <br /> <br /> R-1 R-2 R-3 B-1 B-2 <br />E-2 <br />Bufferyard 60 feet 60 feet 60 feet 35 feet 35 feet <br />width <br />% Increase 30% 30% 30% 20% 20% <br />in plantings <br />required <br /> <br />Grading. <br /> <br />Final slope grades shall not exceed 3.5:1 unless terracing of retaining walls <br />is approved. <br />Berming for parking lots and open space areas shall not exceed 3:1. <br /> <br />Off-Street Loading: All off-street loading dock/berth areas shall be a minimum of <br />50 feet in length and there shall be at least one dock/berth for the first 10,000 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />