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Ramsey, MN Code of OrdinancesPage 9 of 10 <br />2. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting area <br />of 162 square feet. <br />3. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other <br />natural ground cover. Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment <br />is not allowed. <br />4. All parking lot planting areas shall include underground irrigation <br />systems. <br />f. This section is intended to be minimum requirements to <br />achieve screening between differing uses with varied intensities and <br />impacts that are not always complementary when adjacent to one <br />another. When a bufferyard is required under this section, the yard <br />space and planting requirements are not to be reduced for other <br />purposes such as future parking and driveways, building expansions, or <br />other activities that are not in keeping with the purposes of buffering <br />and screening. <br />1. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of <br />businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. The following <br />table details the width of the bufferyard along the common <br />adjacent property line. An additional increase of landscape <br />plantings would be required in the bufferyard. That increase is <br />expressed in the table below as a percentage of the total required <br />site landscaping. <br />Existing Adjacent Development <br />R-1 R-2 R-3 <br />B-1 40 ft. 30 ft. 20 ft. <br />Bufferyard width <br />25% 20% 20% <br />% increase in plantings <br />required <br />B-2 50 ft. 40 ft. 30 ft. <br />Bufferyard width <br />about:blan31201 <br />k//9 <br /> <br />