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18 <br /> 2111197 Final Draft Page 13 <br /> trees and snags); installing structures conducive for nesting such as <br /> bird houses•or bat boxes designed and located for various species; or. <br /> creating wetlands; <br /> (3) Conservation easements are encouraged to protect wetlands and <br /> other habitats while insuring proper long-term maintenance; and <br /> (4) Provide barriers or fencing, and signage at the edge of habitat <br /> buffers to prohibit vehicular and pedestrian access. Limited public <br /> access may be allowed if proposed in a sensitive manner for <br /> environmental education purposes. <br /> e. Landscaping and Buffers <br /> (1) Protection of Existing Vegetation <br /> (a) Existing vegetation shall be preserved as indicated on the <br /> approved landscape plan in accordance with the provisions of <br /> Article 12.2 of the Zoning Ordinance; <br /> (b) Tree protection measures shall be installed and maintained <br /> between all areas of disturbance and trees to be retained as <br /> shown on the approved landscape plan. A detail of the tree <br /> protection barrier proposed shall be included as part of the <br /> landscape plan submitted with the application; <br /> (c) Corridors connecting habitats identified in the biological <br /> inventory shall be preserved along fence rows, streams, buffers, <br /> or other wooded areas. If destroyed during construction, such <br /> connections shall be restored using appropriate plant materials; <br /> (d) Stream buffers shall be provided as per Article 6.23 of the <br /> Zoning Ordinance; <br /> (e) In out of play wooded areas, the mulch layer shall be retained; <br /> and <br /> (f) Trees and stumps cleared for the course, roads,and building <br /> construction shall either be used for timber purposes or <br /> shredded for landscape mulch, composted, buried,or burned <br /> after obtaining appropriate permits. <br />