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' •Chapter Nine Landscaping and Buffering percent of the trees throughout the parking lot must be evergreen. b) Shrubs. Required at a rate of three per sixteen spaces. Must be evergreen and at least 2 1/2 feet tall when planted with an average height of 5 to 6 feet expected as normal growth over a four yearperiod. Twenty-five percent of shrubs may vary from the above as follows: •may be deciduous, or, •may be two feet tall when planted provided three to four feet growth is anticipated over a three year period. Section 9-8. Placement of landscaping throughout the parking area. Trees and shrubs must be placed throughout the parking area to decrease the appearance of a single expanse of pavement and provide shade. Alternatives include: 1. a continuous landscape strip between every four rows of parking. A minimum of nine feet in width should be adequate to accommodate both shrubbery and trees, or, ' 2. large planting islands (over 600 square feet) located throughout the lot and planted with shade trees, low shrubs and/or ground cover. They should preferably be located at the ends of parking rows, or, ' 3. planting islands between every 10 to 16 spaces to avoid long rows of parked cars. The size should be a minimum of nine feet wide to allow for an ' adequate planting area. Each planting island should provide at least one large, maturing/canopy tree. ' In general, all trees and shrubs are to be placed in a visually pleasing fashion. Additionally, it is recommended that a variety of both trees and shrubs be used when possible to preclude disease or blight from eliminating all of each. ' Section 9-9. General site landscaping requirements. •APPLICABILITY: ' -All commercial, institutional/public transportation and industrial uses. •GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: ' 1) Minimum landscaped area. Each site must develop a planting strip with a minimum ten foot width along all areas which front public rights of 9-9 Attachment number 5 ' Page 244 of 320 G-1