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176 <br /> <br />ii. Every overstory tree plantin~ shall be provided ;vith a <br /> planting area of 162 square feet. <br /> <br />iii. Acceptable around cover materials include sod, mulch, and <br /> <br />other natural ground covet'. I.,andscaping rock an.d plastic <br />underlayment is not allowed. <br /> <br />iv. All parking., lot plantin, g areas shall include underground <br /> irrigation systems. <br /> <br />3. BufferVards. This section are intended to be minimum <br /> <br />requirements to achieve screening between differing uses with <br />varied intensities and impacts that are not al. ways complementary <br />when adiacent to one another. W~hen a bui'l'erym'd is required <br /> <br />under this section, the yard space and planting requirements are <br />not to be reduced for other purposcs sttch as furore par.k.i.ng and <br />driveways, building expansions, or other activities that are not in <br />keeping with the purposes of buffering and screening. <br /> <br />Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of <br />businesses that are adiancent to residential areas. The <br />ibllowing table details the width of the buffervard along the <br />cormnon adiacent property line. An additional increase of <br />landscape plantings would be requh:ed in the buffelward. <br />That increase is expressed in the table below as a <br />percentage of the total required site landscaping. <br /> <br /> Existing Adjacent Development <br /> <br />B-1 k-1 R-2 R-3 <br /> <br />Bufferyard width 40fl 3 Oft 20ft <br />required% Increase in plantings 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 m~tigate the impacts of <br />businesses that are. adiacent to residential areas. Fences <br />shall be subiect to the provisions fbund in Section 9.11.17. <br />W'hen a fence is used for screening purposes, the buffervard <br />planting, requirements may 'be reduced by 10 percent from. <br />the stated minimum requirement. <br /> <br />Scr.e. ening. <br /> <br />9-165 <br /> <br />I <br />I' <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />