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• <br /> 17� <br /> ( f] Avoid filling within the drip Line of a tree <br /> without some method being installed such as a tree <br /> well to allow the tree to breathe and to allow <br /> water to reach the roots . <br /> • Vehicular traffic , storage of heavy equipment and <br /> stockpiling of soil or . other materials shall not be <br /> permitted within the drip Lines of trees to be retained . <br /> No paving with concrete , asphalt or other impervious <br /> material within the drip tine of trees to be retained <br /> shall be allowed . <br /> IV-B-8-c . L.andsgaoing Standgrdp <br /> • <br /> Where a subdivision is proposed either on Land which has <br /> been previously cleared , or trees have been approved for <br /> removal under one or more of the exceptions Listed in <br /> Article IV-3-8-b-2 , new trees shall be planted in <br /> accordance with the provisions of this Article . <br /> IV-B-8-c- 1 . R d d <br /> As a requirement of a subdivision approval , the <br /> subdivider shall plant sufficient trees so that there is <br /> at least one (1 ) tree for every thirty (30) feet of <br /> frontage along both sides of all proposed streets in the <br /> subdivision . In addition , there shall be at Least one <br /> (1 ) tree for every two hundred and twenty-five (225) <br /> square feet of Land area designed for required <br /> recreation or open space area , and side and rear yard <br /> setback areas as required by this Ordinance or the <br /> Orange County Zoning Ordinance . Approved open play <br /> fields , building sites and other similar recreational <br /> facilities are exempted from Landscaping requirements . <br /> Trees to be planted in required recreation and/or side <br /> and rear yard areas shall be spaced thirty (30) feet on <br /> center. Trees to be planted in required buffer areas <br /> shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of <br /> Article IV-8-8-d of this ordinance . <br /> IV-B-8-c-2 . I st ' on n hi ' nte nc <br /> Existing Landscape material in a healthy condition may <br /> be used to satisfy the requirements of this Article <br /> in whole or in pert when such material achieves the <br /> intent of this Article . Sound and accepted horticultural <br /> practices s h e l l be used to protect the root zones of a l l <br /> retained existing plant material during construction and <br /> also during underground utility installation . ALL new <br /> Landscaping shall be of good quality and installed in a <br /> sound , workmanship- Like manner and according to the <br />