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1 2. Every overstory tree planting shall be provided with a planting area of at least 162 square <br /> 2 feet. <br /> 3 3. Acceptable ground cover materials include sod, mulch, and other natural ground cover. <br /> 4 Landscaping rock and plastic underlayment is prohibited in planting islands. <br /> 5 f. Bufferyards. Bufferyards help to achieve screening between differing uses with varied <br /> 6 intensities and impacts that are not always complementary when adjacent to one another. <br /> 7 When a bufferyard is required, the yard space and planting requirements are not to be <br /> 8 reduced for other purposes such as future parking and driveways, building expansions, or <br /> 9 other activities that are not in keeping with the purposes of buffering and screening. <br /> 10 1. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of businesses that are adjacent <br /> 11 to residential areas. The following table details the width of the bufferyard along the <br /> 12 common adjacent property line.An additional increase of landscape plantings is required <br /> 13 in the bufferyard. The table below outlines the minimum required additional plantings, <br /> 14 expressed as a percentage of the total required site landscaping: <br /> 15 <br /> Proposed Existing Adjacent Development <br /> Development <br /> R-1 R-2 R-3 N BD B-1 B-2 B-3 H-1 <br /> Neighborhood 40 feet 30 feet 20 feet NA NA NA NA NA <br /> Business (NBD) <br /> Bufferyard width <br /> increase in 25% 20% 02% <br /> plantings <br /> B-1 Bufferyard 40 feet 30 feet 20 feet NA NA NA NA NA <br /> width <br /> increase in 30% 25% 20% <br /> plantings <br /> B-2 Bufferyard 50 feet 40 feet 30 feet NA NA NA NA NA <br /> width <br /> increase in 30% 25% 25% <br /> plantings <br /> B-3 Bufferyard 50 feet 40 feet 30 feet NA NA NA NA NA <br /> width <br /> increase in 30% 25% 20% <br /> plantings <br /> H-1 Bufferyard 50 feet 40 feet 30 feet NA NA NA NA NA <br /> width <br /> increase in 30% 25% 20% <br /> plantings <br /> 1-1 Bufferyard 60 feet 60 feet 60 feet 35 feet 35 feet 35 feet 35 feet 35 feet <br /> width <br /> increase in 30% 30% 30% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% <br /> plantings <br /> 1-2 Bufferyard 60 feet 60 feet 60 feet 35 feet 35 feet 35 feet 35 feet 35 feet <br /> width <br /> Page 80 of 147 <br />