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• <br /> • <br /> • <br /> teL• <br /> ( fl Avoid filling within the drip Line of a tree <br /> without sgme 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 he allowed . <br /> IV-B-8-c . nds ' n S nd cj� <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-B--8--b-2 , new trees shall be planted in <br /> accordance with the provisions of this Article . <br /> IV-B-8-c- I . Aeau re °1I <br /> As a requirement of a subdivision approval , - the <br /> subdivider shall plant sufficient trees so that there is <br /> at Least one ( 1l tree for every thirty (30 ) feat of <br /> frontage along both sides of all proposed streets in the. <br /> subdivision . In addition , there shalt be at Least one <br /> II ] 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 /> faci Lities 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 (303 feet an <br /> center. Trees to be planted in required buffer areas <br /> shall be installed in accordance with the provisions o f <br /> Article iv-B-8-d of this ordinance . <br /> V-B-8-c--2 . Installation and Mai ntenange <br /> Existing Landscape material in a healthy condition may <br /> be used to satisfy the requirements of this Article <br /> in whole or in part 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 shell be of good quality and installed in a <br /> sound , workmanship-Like manner and according to the <br />