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3. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other natural ground cover. <br />Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is prohibited in planting islands. <br />f. Bufferyards. Bufferyards help to achieve screening between differing uses with varied <br />intensities and impacts that are not always complementary when adjacent to one another. <br />When a bufferyard is required, the yard space and planting requirements are not to be <br />reduced for other purposes such as future parking and driveways, building expansions, or <br />other 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 adjacent <br />to residential areas. The following table details the width of the bufferyard along the <br />common adjacent property line. An additional increase of landscape plantings is required <br />in the bufferyard. The table below outlines the minimum required additional plantings, <br />expressed as a 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 />3-3 <br />-1-1 <br />Neighborhood <br />Business (NBD) <br />Bufferyard width <br />40 feet <br />30 feet <br />20 feet <br />NA <br />NA <br />NA <br />\lA <br />\IA <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />B-1 Bufferyard <br />width <br />20 feet <br />NA <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />30% <br />B-2 Bufferyard <br />width <br />50 fee <br />40 <br />AA <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />30% <br />25% <br />B-3 Bufferyard <br />width <br />50 feet <br />40 feet <br />30 feet <br />NA <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />30% <br />25% <br />20% <br />H-1 Bufferyard <br />width <br />50 feet <br />40 feet <br />30 feet <br />NA <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />30% <br />25% <br />20% <br />1-1 Bufferyard <br />width <br />60 feet <br />60 feet <br />60 feet <br />35 feet <br />35 feet <br />35 feet <br />35 feet <br />35 tee <br />% increase in <br />plantings <br />30% <br />30% <br />30% <br />20% <br />20% <br />20% <br />20% <br />20% <br />1-2 Bufferyard <br />width <br />60 feet <br />60 feet <br />60 feet <br />35 feet <br />35 feet <br />35 reet <br />35 feet <br />35 tee. <br />