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356 Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.8: Landscaping, Buffers & Tree Protection <br />O /I, NC -2, E D C B F - - <br />LCA <br />- F B B D <br />CC -3, GC -4, <br />EC -5 <br />F <br />F E <br />D <br />F - <br />- <br />- <br />F B B D <br />El, 1 -1, 1-2,1-3, <br />PID <br />F <br />F E <br />E <br />F - <br />- <br />- <br />€3 F?9 B B D <br />1 NTC D QTA TC <br />ARTrn ERIAl= <br />CTDCCT <br />€ <br />€ <br />L'`Ill I� zC�,Tvi� <br />CTC7 f=GT <br />43 <br />a _14 <br />-9 <br />F_ B <br />Note: MPD -CZ buffers to be determined at time of approval. <br />(E) Natural Buffers <br />(1) If there is existing, healthy, natural vegetation in the area of a required buffer, it <br />must be preserved. If the vegetation is removed for any reason, other than in <br />accordance with an approved landscape and tree preservation plan, the <br />dimensions of the buffer shall be increased 50% and the number of required <br />plantings shall be increased 50 %. <br />(2) The critical root zones of trees within the buffer must be protected if the applicant <br />seeks credit for preservation of existing trees. For example, if a required buffer <br />has a dimensional width of 30 feet, and the critical root zone extends beyond the <br />30 feet, the buffer will be extended to the edge of the critical root zone in the area <br />around the tree. <br />(3) If necessary, a natural buffer will be supplemented with additional plantings in <br />order to meet the Constructed Buffers standards established herein. <br />(F) Constructed Buffers <br />(1) If existing plantings are not sufficient to meet the buffer standards established in <br />this Section, additional plantings shall be installed. <br />(2) The plant units listed below will be considered comparable, and therefore <br />interchangeable, as set forth below. <br />(3) Option 2, Deciduous, shall not be permitted when the proposed use is non- <br />residential and is proposed next to a residential district or use, unless employed <br />with a wall, as set forth herein. <br />99 All interstate highways are, by definition, located within the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) overlay <br />district and a 100 -foot buffer is required within the MTC, which corresponds to Buffer Type F. (See Section 4.5 and <br />6.6.3 for additional MTC information). <br />ioo Listing roadways as the subject property that must provide a buffer is incorrect as 1) streets are not actually <br />required to provide a buffer, and 2) it is in direct conflict with (C)(1) which states locational requirements and <br />specifically states that buffers shall not be located on any portion of an existing or proposed street right of way. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -52 <br />