No. 2317 approving an amendment to the Declaration of Protective and Restrictive Covenants of the Blackthorn Corporate Center and Blackthorn Center Development Guidelines

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LANDSCAPING The Landscape Guidelines recognize that landscaping is of primary importance to the establishment of the design character of Blackthorn. The Guidelines are intended to promote the establishment of compatible and continuous landscape development to enhance and unify Blackthorn. More specifically, the guidelines are intended to provide for a neat and well maintained appearance in areas not covered by buildings, or parking, or Conservation Easements; to enhance and preserve the existing site character; to minimize the adverse visual and environmental impacts of large paved areas. The landscaping requirements are as follows: Applicants must submit a proposed landscape plan and budget. As a general rule, Applicants are required to spend no less than four percent of total project construction costs on landscape improvements. Earth work, Lighting, Site Utilities and Bike paths are not intended to be included in the costs of landscaping. 2. The landscape plan as required for review by the Committee must be prepared by a qualified Landscape Professional. 3. Landscaping in accordance with the approved plan must be implemented and completed within one hundred twenty (120) days, weather permitting, after building occupancy. 4. All ar ' p king lots shall be landscaped as follows: a. Provide landscaped islands in parking lot interiors per the requirements of the Vehicular Circulation and Parking Guidelines. b. The setback space between public streets and parking lots shall be fully landscaped. Where possible, berming shall be provided in order to screen parked cars. Berms shall conform to the Committee's requirements. Where Berms are not possible due to space limitations, the parking shall be screened through the use of coniferous trees and or appropriate shrub planting or screen walls 5. A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the space between the public street and parking lots of buildings shall be planted in irrigated lawn with the lawn on the street side of the landscaped area, in order to preserve a visually continuous lawn planting along public streets. This lawn planting may be interrupted with shrub beds at entry points and in key accent areas as appropriate. C 10 Blackthorn Corporate Park -Development Guidelines 5/30/01