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ii. Ever,/' overstorv tree planting shall be provided with a <br /> planting area of 162 square feet. <br /> <br />iii. Acceptable ~ound cover materials include sod. mulch, and <br /> <br />other natural ~ound cover. Landscaping rock and plastic <br />undertavment is not allowed. <br /> <br />iv. All parkina lot plantina areas shall include un. der~ound <br /> <br />in5 ~ation systems. <br /> <br />3. Buffervards. This section are intended to be minimum <br /> <br />requirements to achieve screenin~ between differing uses with <br /> <br />varied intensities and impacts that are not always complementary <br />when adjacent to ()ne another. When a buffervard is required <br /> <br />under this section, the ym'd space and plantint~ requirements are <br />not to be reduced tbr other purposes such as furore parldng and <br />driveways, buildin~ expansions, or other activities that are not i'n <br />keepin~ with the purposes ofbufferin~ and screenintz. <br /> <br />i. Buffervards are intended to provide additional screenin~ of <br /> businesses that are adjancent to residential areas. The <br /> <br />following table details the width of the buffery'ard along the <br />cormnon adjacent property line. An additional increase of. <br />landscape plantinas would be required in the buffervard. <br />That increase is expressed in. the table below-as a <br />tSercentaae of the total required site landscat~ing. <br /> <br />Existing Adjacent Development <br /> <br />B-1 <br />Bufferyard width <br />% I. ncrease in plantings <br />required <br /> <br />R-t R-2 R-3 <br /> <br />40a :0a <br />25% 20% 20% <br /> <br />ii. <br /> <br />As an alternative method for screening, fences that are 100 <br />percent opaque may be used to mitigate the impacts of <br />businesses that are adiacent to residential areas. Fences <br /> <br />shall be subiect to the provisions tbund in Section 9.1 t.17. <br /> <br />When a fence is used for screenina purposes, the buffervard <br />plantin~ requirements ma,/be reduced by 10 percent from <br />the stated minimum requirement. <br /> <br />p. Screening. <br /> <br />182 <br /> <br />9-165 <br /> <br /> <br />