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Article 5: Uses 30 <br /> Section 5.17: Standards for Miscellaneous Uses <br /> (d) Landscaping and Buffers <br /> (i) Existing vegetation shall be preserved as indicated on the <br /> approved landscape plan in accordance with the provisions of <br /> Section 6.8 of the this Ordinance; <br /> (ii) 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 /> (iii) Corridors connecting habitats identified in the biological inventory <br /> shall be preserved along streams, buffers, or other wooded <br /> areas. If destroyed during construction, such connections shall <br /> be restored using appropriate plant materials; <br /> (iv) Trees and stumps cleared for roads and building construction <br /> shall either be used for timber purposes or shredded for <br /> landscape mulch, composted, buried or otherwise disposed of <br /> BUT NOT BURNED. <br /> (v) Berms, fences and landscaping walls may be used with plant <br /> materials for screening, provided such features are designed and <br /> located in harmony with other site features and functions; <br /> (vi) To minimize visual impact by blending architecture into the <br /> surrounding landscape, foundation plantings are required at all <br /> freestanding entrance signs; <br /> (vii) Use of xeriscaping principles. <br /> (e) Stormwater Management <br /> (i) A stormwater management plan shall be prepared and reviewed <br /> in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.14 of this <br /> Ordinance. <br /> (ii) All drainage structures will be installed and maintained according <br /> to the approved Stormwater Management Plan. <br /> (iii) Subdivisions that include S+r,,,.+,,,-al st rW,wateF <br /> m,,,easu esstormwater control measures (SCMs) shall comply <br /> with Section 6.14 of this Ordinance. <br /> (f) Grading and Erosion Control <br /> (i) Plans for grading and erosion control comply with standards <br /> contained in the Orange County Erosion and Sediment Control <br /> Manual and this Ordinance; <br /> (ii) Construction is phased to the extent practical to minimize <br /> disturbance and sedimentation; <br /> (iii) Sediment control measures will be properly installed to filter <br /> sediment from runoff during construction and maintained until <br /> grading is complete and a permanent vegetative cover has been <br /> established and all slopes stabilized; and <br /> (iv) Permanent landscaping, groundcover, mulch, etc. will be <br /> installed as soon as practical after construction activities for each <br /> phase are completed. <br /> (g) Solid Waste Management Plan <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-142 <br />