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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. Bufferyards are greenspace areas intended to provide additional screening of <br />businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. The following table details the width of <br />the bufferyard along the common adjacent property line. An additional increase of <br />landscape plantings 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 />Proposed <br />Development <br />E-2 <br />Bufferyard width <br />% increase in plantings required <br />Existing Adjacent Development <br />R-1 R-2 R-3 B-1 B-2 <br />35 ft. 35 ft. <br />60 ft. 60 ft. 60 ft. <br />30% 30% 30% <br />20% 20% <br />(4) Off-street loading. All off-street loading dock/berth areas shall be a minimum of 50 feet in length <br />and there shall be at least one dock/berth for the first 10,000 square feet of floor area and one <br />additional berth/dock for each additional 25,000 square feet of floor area. <br />