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required for each 1,000 square feet of new building <br /> footprint area. <br /> Shrubs 1 shrub per 30 lineal feet of site perimeter or 1 shrub <br /> per 300 square feet of building footprint area, <br /> whichever is greater. <br /> b. Employment and COR districts(E-1, E-2, E-3, and COR).The minimum number of plantings required <br /> shall be determined based on canopy cover.To fulfill the planting requirements, a combination of <br /> trees and shrubs shall meet or exceed the minimum required canopy cover square footage.The <br /> minimum canopy cover required shall be as follows: <br /> 1. Determine ratio of impervious area (including stormwater ponds below the 100-year flood <br /> elevation)to entire site. <br /> 2. Multiply the impervious area/site area ratio by the square footage of the pervious area to <br /> calculate the required canopy cover square footage for the project area. <br /> 3. The following formula shall be utilized to determine the average canopy cover of a species: <br /> [(Minimum+Maximum Spread)+4]2 x n x(0.65 for preferred species or 0.50 for acceptable <br /> species,as identified in the Ramsey Tree Book). <br /> 4. Due to the unique nature of the COR district,flexibility with the minimum planting standards may <br /> be approved if space is a limiting factor. <br /> Road frontage plantings. For every 35 feet of public road frontage,one overstory tree shall be <br /> planted adjacent to the road right-of-way on private property.These plantings are credited toward <br /> the minimum planting requirements for the district. <br /> Parking lot landscaping. All parking lots are required to provide internal and/or adjacent overstory <br /> tree plantings in an effort to shade parking surfaces and provide visual relief.The planting schedule is <br /> established to provide an acceptable number of plantings that may be planted in regular symmetrical <br /> patterns or irregular clusters or groupings. Plantings are required at the following minimum schedule <br /> and are credited 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 162 square feet <br /> (equivalent of a 9 foot x 18 foot parking stall). <br /> 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 /> Bufferyards. Bufferyards help to achieve screening between differing uses with varied intensities and <br /> impacts that are not always complementary when adjacent to one another.When a bufferyard is <br /> required,the yard space and planting requirements are not to be reduced for other purposes such as <br /> future parking and driveways, building expansions, or other activities that are not in keeping with the <br /> purposes of buffering and screening. <br /> 1. Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of businesses that are adjacent to <br /> residential areas.The following table details the width of the bufferyard along the common <br /> adjacent property line.An additional increase of landscape plantings is required in the <br /> bufferyard.The table below outlines the minimum required additional plantings, expressed as a <br /> percentage of the total required site landscaping the percentage is applied to the total number <br /> of trees and shrubs for the proposed development): <br /> Created: 2023-01-11 09:35:41 [EST] <br /> (Supp.No. 11) <br /> Page 4 of 5 <br />