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Permitted breaks within this required 100 ft . perimeter buffer are <br /> detailed within this document , specifically Section III ( c) establishing <br /> setback standards for structures and vehicular use areas , and on the <br /> approved master plan . <br /> iii . Interior landscaping shall be consistent with the following : <br /> 1 . Parking lot : <br /> a . A ten -foot vegetated buffer shall be provided between <br /> vehicular use areas and internal access roads . <br /> Consistent with Section 6 . 8 . 7 ( D ) of the UDO , this <br /> buffer shall be composed of shrubs and flowering <br /> plants forming a continuous opaque landscape barrier <br /> reducing glare and visual distractions to passing <br /> motorists . <br /> b . Shade trees shall be provided at a ratio of one ( 1 ) , one <br /> and one half- inch ( 1 . 5 ") minimum caliper tree for every <br /> ten ( 10 ) car parking spaces ; Caliper size is measured <br /> 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 surface <br /> paving encroaches into the planting area , then the <br /> minimum planting area shall be sixteen ( 16 ) square <br /> 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 be <br /> landscaped while maintaining the necessary sidewalk <br /> 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 />