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36 <br /> 1 c. All site plans shall demonstrate a minimum of sixty percent <br /> 2 (60%) of passenger parking spaces are within seventy-five <br /> 3 (75) feet of the center of a shade tree. If not, additional <br /> 4 landscaping shall be required. <br /> 5 d. The minimum tree planting area shall be 200 square feet <br /> 6 except where tree grates are provided. <br /> 7 e. Where trees are planted within tree grates, and surface <br /> 8 paving encroaches into the planting area, then the minimum <br /> 9 planting area shall be sixteen (16)square feet in area by two <br /> 10 (2) feet in depth. <br /> 11 f. Screening of parking areas along the perimeter boundary of <br /> 12 the project shall maintain a minimum tree spacing of sixty <br /> 13 (60) feet. <br /> 14 2. Building foundation: <br /> 15 a. Twenty percent (20%) of a building's perimeter shall be <br /> 16 landscaped while maintaining the necessary sidewalk area. <br /> 17 b. These areas may consist of lawn, planters, or shrub areas <br /> 18 so long as the shrub areas, that have to be twenty-four <br /> 19 inches (24") minimum in width, comprise a minimum of <br /> 20 twenty percent (20%) of the total linear dimension along the <br /> 21 building's perimeter <br /> 22 3. With respect to internal street landscaping, there shall be one (1) <br /> 23 tree at a one-inch (1") caliper provided every one hundred (100) <br /> 24 feet; <br /> 25 4. All ground level HVAC, mechanical equipment cabinets, solid waste <br /> 26 containers, dumpsters, recycling bins, etc. shall be screened from <br /> 27 view through the use of landscaping, walls, and or fencing in <br /> 28 accordance with Section 6.8.9 of the UDO. <br /> 29 iv. The Project shall comply with the provisions of Section 6.6.4 of the UDO <br /> 30 related to preservation of required buffers within the Major Transportation <br /> 31 Corridor (MTC) overlay district. This includes the ability to create visual <br /> 32 breaks in the buffer in accordance with Section 6.6.4 (A) (5). <br /> 33 e. Parking: In addition to the standards contained in Section 6.9 of the UDO, the <br /> 34 following specific standards shall apply to the Project: <br /> 35 i. 1 space shall be required for every 750 sq.ft. of office space; <br /> 36 ii. 1 space per 3,000 sq.ft. of additional indoor area (exclusive of office area). <br />