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