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2. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting area of at <br />least 162 square feet. <br />3. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other natural <br />ground cover. Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is prohibited in <br />planting islands. <br />f. Bufferyards. Bufferyards help to achieve screening between differing uses with <br />varied intensities and impacts that are not always complementary when adjacent <br />to one another. When a bufferyard is required, the yard space and planting <br />requirements are not to be reduced for other purposes such as future parking <br />and driveways, building expansions, or other activities that are not in keeping <br />with the purposes of buffering and screening. <br />1. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of businesses that <br />are adjacent to residential areas. The following table details the width of <br />the bufferyard along the common adjacent property line. An additional <br />increase of landscape plantings is required in the bufferyard. The table <br />below outlines the minimum required additional plantings, expressed as a <br />percentage of the total required site landscaping: <br />Proposed <br />Development <br />Existing Adjacent Development <br />R-1 <br />R-2 <br />R-3 <br />NBD <br />B-1 <br />B-2 <br />B-3 <br />H-1 <br />Neighborhood <br />Business <br />(NBD) <br />Bufferyard <br />width <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />40 feet <br />25% <br />30 feet <br />20% <br />20 feet <br />20% <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />B-1 <br />Bufferyard <br />width <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />40 feet <br />25% <br />30 feet <br />20% <br />20 feet <br />20% <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />B-2 <br />Bufferyard <br />width <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />50 feet <br />30% <br />40 feet <br />25% <br />30 feet <br />20% <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />B-3 <br />Bufferyard <br />width <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />50 feet <br />30% <br />40 feet <br />25% <br />30 feet <br />20% <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />H-1 <br />Bufferyard <br />width <br />50 feet <br />30% <br />40 feet <br />25% <br />30 feet <br />20% <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />\NNING GOMMISSION CASE <br />