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538 <br /> STAFF COMMENT: It is recommended there <br /> be additional language specifying the type of <br /> foliage required (i.e. shrubs, flowering plants, <br /> etc.) <br /> Staff requests review of the item/concern with <br /> the applicant and BOCC members in order to <br /> fashion final condition language that is mutually <br /> agreeable to all parties. <br /> b. Shade trees shall be provided at a ratio of one (1), <br /> one and one half-inch (1.5") minimum caliper tree for <br /> every ten (10) car parking spaces; Caliper size is <br /> measured at the time of planting. <br /> c. All site plans shall demonstrate a minimum of sixty <br /> percent (60%) of passenger parking spaces are within <br /> seventy-five (75) feet of the center of a shade tree. If <br /> not, additional landscaping shall be required. <br /> d. The minimum tree planting area shall be 200 square <br /> feet except where tree grates are provided. <br /> e. Where trees are planted within tree grates, and <br /> surface paving encroaches into the planting area, <br /> then the minimum planting area shall be sixteen (16) <br /> square feet in area by two (2) feet in depth. <br /> f. Screening of parking areas along the perimeter <br /> boundary of the project shall maintain a minimum tree <br /> spacing of sixty (60) feet. <br /> 2. Building foundation: <br /> a. Twenty percent (20%) of a building's perimeter shall <br /> be landscaped while maintaining the necessary <br /> sidewalk area. <br /> b. These areas may consist of lawn, planters, or shrub <br /> areas so long as the shrub areas, that have to be <br /> twenty-four inches (24") minimum in width, comprise a <br /> minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the total linear <br /> dimension along the building's perimeter <br /> 3. With respect to internal street landscaping, there shall be <br /> one (1) tree at a one-inch (1") caliper provided every one <br /> hundred (100) feet; <br /> 4. All ground level HVAC, mechanical equipment cabinets, <br /> solid waste containers, dumpsters, recycling bins, etc. shall <br /> be screened from view through the use of landscaping, <br /> walls, and or fencing in accordance with Section 6.8.9 of the <br /> UDO. <br />