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222 <br /> <br />adjacent to one another. When a bufferyard is required under this <br />section, the yard space and planting requirements are not to be reduced <br />for other purposes such as future parking and driveways, building <br />expansions, or other activities that are not in keeping with the purposes <br />of buffering and screening. <br /> <br />Bufferyards are intended to provide additional screening of <br />businesses that are adjancent to residential areas. The following <br />table details the width of the bufferyard along the common <br />adjacent property line. An additional increase of lan'dscape <br />plantings would be required in the bufferyard. That increase is <br />expressed in the table below as a percentage of the total required <br />site landscaping. <br /> <br /> Existing Adjacent Develo ,ment <br /> R-1 R-2 R-3 <br />Public <br />Bufferyard width 40ft 30ft 20ft <br />% Increase in plantings required 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 adjacent to residential areas. Fences shall be <br />subject to the provisions found in Section 9.I 1.17. When a fence <br />is used for screening purposes, the bufferyard planting <br />requirements may be reduced by 10 percent from the stated <br />minimum requirement. <br /> <br />9-187 <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />