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I <br /> I <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />Acceptable ~ound cover materials include sod mulch, and other <br /> <br />natural gTound cover. Landscaping rock and plastic <br /> <br />underlawnent is not allowed. <br /> <br />All parking Iot planting areas shall <br />irrigation systems. <br /> <br />include under~ound <br /> <br />3. Buffervards. This section are intended to be minimum <br /> <br />requirements to achieve screening between differing uses with varied <br />intensities and impacts that are not always complementarv when <br />adiacent 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 bufferin_~ and' screeninm <br /> <br /> Buffervards are intended to: provide additional screening of <br /> businesses that are adiancent to residential areas. The following <br /> <br />table details the width of the buffbrvard alon~ the common <br /> <br />adjacent property line. An additional increase of landscape <br />plantings would be required in the buffervard. That increase is <br />expressed in the table below as a percentage of the total required <br />site landscaping. <br /> <br /> Existing Adjacent Development <br /> R-I IR-2 R-3 <br />B-1 <br />BufferTard width ' 40fi 30fi 20ff <br />Increase in plantings required 25% 20% 20% <br />Bufferyard width 50 ft 40 'fI 30 ~ <br />IncreaSe in plantings required 30% 25% 20% <br /> <br />As an alternative method for screening, fences that are 100- <br />percent opaque may be used to miti:ate the impacts of <br />businesses that are adjacent to residential areas. Fences shall be <br />subiect to the provisions found in Section 9.11.17. When a fence <br /> <br />is used tbr screenine purposes, the buffervard planting <br />requirements may be reduced by I0 percent from the stated <br />minimum requirement. <br /> <br />, ,,mt: .................................................................... 35 <br /> <br />fcct <br /> <br />Business Districts 9-8 <br /> <br />March '03 Draft <br /> <br />169 <br /> <br /> <br />