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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />d. Parking lot landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide internal and/or <br />adjacent overstory tree plantings in an effort to shade parking surfaces and provide <br />visual relief. The planting schedule is established to provide an acceptable number of <br />plantings that may be planted in regular symmetrical patterns or irregular clusters or <br />groupings. Plantings are required at the following minimum schedule and are credited <br />toward the minimum planting requirements for the district: <br />1. 1 tree per every ten parking spaces. <br />2. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting area of at least <br />162 square feet (equivalent of a 9 foot x 18 foot parking stall). <br />3. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other natural ground <br />cover. Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is prohibited in planting <br />islands. <br />e. Bufferyards. Bufferyards help to achieve screening between differing uses with varied <br />intensities and impacts that are not always complementary when adjacent to one <br />another. When a bufferyard is required, the yard space and planting requirements are <br />not to be reduced for other purposes such as future parking and driveways, building <br />expansions, or 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 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 is required in the bufferyard. The table below outlines the <br />minimum required additional plantings, expressed as a percentage of the total <br />required site landscaping (the percentage is applied to the total number of trees <br />and shrubs for the proposed development): <br />Proposed Development <br />Existing Adjacent Development <br />RR, MR, R-1A, R-1B, R- <br />1C <br />R-2 <br />R-3 <br />Business (B-1, B-2, B-3) <br />Bufferyard width <br />40 feet <br />40 feet <br />40 feet <br />% increase in plantings <br />30% <br />30% <br />30% <br />Industrial (I-1, I-2) <br />60 feet <br />60 feet <br />60 feet <br />% increase in plantings <br />30% <br />30% <br />30% <br />27 <br />28 2. As an alternative method for screening within the bufferyard, fences that are 100 <br />29 percent opaque may be used to mitigate the impacts of businesses that are <br />30 adjacent to residential areas. When a fence is used for screening purposes, the <br />31 bufferyard planting requirements may be reduced by fifty percent from the stated <br />32 minimum requirement. <br />33 f. Credit for preservation or establishment of native grasses and plant communities. The <br />34 total number of required trees may be offset by the provision of native grasses and <br />35 wildflowers. Establishment or preservation of native plant communities can reduce the <br />36 required number of tree plantings by one tree per 500 square feet of native grass/plant <br />37 community area. Credit may not exceed 50 percent of the total requirements. <br />38 1. This area(s) must be shown on both the landscape plan and the grading plan. <br />39 2. Species, quantities, and application method and rates, shall all be provided as part <br />40 of the landscape plan. <br />Attachment A — Ordinance #23-14 <br />Page 76 of 141 <br />