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Evergreen shrubs <br />2 feet in height or 2 feet in width, whichever applies <br />Ornamental trees <br />1.5 inches diameter as measured three feet above ground **None required in R1 <br />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 <br />25 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 storage, <br />excluding natural areas that are left undisturbed, shall be covered with four inches of <br />topsoil, as defined in section 117-1, or an approved alternative as referenced in section <br />117-348. <br />c. Sodding and ground cover. All areas not otherwise improved in accordance with approved <br />site plans shall be finished with sod up to the edge of improved streets. Any alternative to <br />the sod requirement shall require city council approval. <br />d. Irrigation. <br />1. All landscaping areas required under this section shall include underground irrigation <br />systems. <br />2. Exceptions include natural areas that are left undisturbed. <br />e. Parking lot landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide internal overstory tree <br />plantings in an effort to shade parking surfaces and provide visual relief. Plantings are <br />required at the following minimum schedule. The planting schedule is established to <br />provide an acceptable number of plantings that may be planted in regular symmetrical <br />patterns or 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 <br />cover. Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is not allowed. <br />4. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground irrigation systems. <br />f. Bufferyards. This section 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 <br />in keeping with the purposes of buffering and screening. <br />1. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of businesses that are <br />adjacent to residential areas. The following table details the width of the bufferyard <br />along the common adjacent property line. An additional increase of landscape <br />Page 5 <br />