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030 Ordinance to Public Hearing <br />allowed if proposed in a sensitive manner for <br />environmental education purposes. <br />d) Landscaping and Buffers <br />1) Protection of Existing Vegetation <br />(a) Existing vegetation shall be preserved as <br />indicated on the approved landscape plan <br />in accordance with the provisions of <br />Article 12.2 of the Zoning Ordinance; <br />(b) Tree protection measures shall be <br />installed and maintained between all <br />areas of disturbance and trees to be <br />retained as shown on the approved <br />landscape plan. A detail of the tree <br />protection barrier proposed shall be <br />included as part of the landscape plan <br />submitted with the application; <br />(c) Corridors connecting habitats identified <br />in the biological inventory shall be <br />preserved along fencerows, streams, <br />buffers, or other wooded areas. If <br />destroyed during construction, such <br />connections shall be restored using <br />appropriate plant materials; <br />(d) Trees and stumps cleared for roads and <br />building construction shall either be used <br />for timber purposes or shredded for <br />landscape mulch, composted, buried or <br />otherwise disposed of BUT NOT <br />BURNED. <br />2) Berms, fences and landscaping walls may be <br />used with plant materials for screening, provided <br />such features are designed and located in <br />harmony with other site features and functions; <br />3) To minimize visual impact by blending <br />architecture into the surrounding landscape, <br />foundation plantings are required at all <br />freestanding entrance signs; <br />g:currentpianning/ RoberttmajorsubdivisionSUPOnly with Headings <br />