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Section 21 -07.01 <br />Landscape Regulations <br />(5) Ground Cover - Ground cover within landscape areas may consist of: grasses; <br />preserved existing natural vegetation (i.e., thickets); or, mulch, chipped bark or <br />other natural forms of ground cover. Loose stone, rock or gravel may be used as a <br />landscaping accent, but shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the area of the <br />required landscape area in which it is used. <br />(b) Landscaping of Required Perimeter Yards and Residential Bufferyards. <br />(1) Yards in All Commercial / Mixed Use Districts, Industrial Districts, Residential <br />Districts for Multifamily Dwelling and Such Yards Along a Limited Access <br />Highway. <br />The following landscaping requirements apply to any portion of a front yard, side <br />yard or rear yard, including yards along a limited access highway, which are <br />located in any Commercial / Mixed Use District, Industrial District, or <br />Residential Districts for multifamily dwellings and which yard is not occupied by <br />improvements permitted in the sub - Section "Use of Minimum Yards and <br />Residential Bufferyards" in the applicable district: <br />(A) Deciduous Shade Trees: <br />A minimum of one (1) shade tree planted for every forty (40) feet of the <br />applicable lot line. Such trees may be evenly spaced at forty (40) feet on <br />center or grouped together, provided however, in no case shall spacing <br />between trees exceed eighty (80) feet; or, <br />(B) Deciduous Ornamental Trees: <br />A minimum of one (1) ornamental tree planted for every twenty -five (25) <br />feet of the applicable lot line. Such trees may be evenly spaced at twenty - <br />five (25) feet on center or grouped together, provided however, in no case <br />shall spacing between trees exceed fifty (50) feet. <br />(2) Landscaping of Required Residential Bufferyards in All Commercial / Mixed Use <br />Districts, Industrial Districts and Residential Districts for Special Exception Uses. <br />Landscaping required in any portion of a front residential bufferyard, side <br />residential bufferyard or rear residential bufferyard located in a: (i) Commercial <br />/ Mixed Use District; (ii) Industrial District; or, (iii) Residential District <br />occupied by a special exception use, and which is not occupied by improvements <br />permitted in the sub - Section "Use of Minimum Yards and Residential <br />Bufferyards" in the applicable district, shall consist of either Type A: Open, <br />Type B: Partial Screening or Type C: Full Screening as specified below and in <br />Table 21 -07.01 — A: Residential Bufferyard Landscaping. <br />