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other purposes such as future parking and driveways, building expansions, or other <br />activities that are not 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 <br />bufferyard along the common adjacent property line. An additional increase of <br />landscape plantings would be required in the bufferyard. That increase is <br />expressed in the table below as a percentage of the total required site <br />landscaping: <br />Existing Adjacent Development <br />Proposed Development <br />R-1 <br />R-2 <br />R-3 <br />NBD <br />Bufferyard width <br />% increase in plantings required <br />40 ft. <br />30 ft. <br />20 ft. <br />25% <br />20% <br />20% <br />NBD <br />Bufferyard width <br />% increase in plantings required <br />50 ft. <br />40 ft. <br />30 ft. <br />30% 25% <br />20% <br />2. As an alternative method for screening, fences that are 100 percent opaque may <br />be used to mitigate the impacts of businesses that are adjacent to residential <br />areas. Fences shall be subject to the provisions found in all applicable <br />ordinances. When a fence is used for screening purposes, the bufferyard planting <br />requirements may be reduced by ten percent from the stated minimum <br />requirement. <br />SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE <br />This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after its passage and publication, subject to City Charter <br />Section 5.04. <br />PASSED by the City Council of the City of Ramsey, Minnesota the day of , 2018. <br />ATTEST: <br />City Administrator <br />Introduction date: <br />Posting dates: <br />Adoption date: <br />Publication date: <br />Acting Mayor <br />ORDINANCE #18-13 <br />Page 6 of 6 <br />