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regulated height or caliper is maintained. Trees shall be of varying species <br /> and shall be in accordance with the minimum size of plantings. <br /> d. Species: <br /> 1) All trees and plantings used in site developments shall be <br /> indigenous to the appropriate hardiness zone and physical <br /> characteristicsofthesite. 1u����i��� ��1��11t� �;1��111 r���t k�c� �tll�>»���1. <br /> 2) All deciduous trees proposed to satisfy the minimum requirements <br /> of this policy shall be long-lived hardwood species. <br /> 3) The complement of trees fulfilling the requirements of this section <br /> shall be not less than twenty-five percent (25%) deciduous and not <br /> less than twenty-five percent (25%) coniferous. <br /> e. Method of Installation: <br /> All deciduous and coniferous trees shall be ball and burlap and <br /> staked and guyed per National Nurseryman's Standards. All shrubs <br /> shall be potted. <br /> f. Sodding and Ground Cover: <br /> All open areas of any site not occupied by buildings, parking, or <br /> storage, shall be sodded or seeded over four (4) inches of topsoil. <br /> Exceptions are as follows: <br /> 1) Seeding over four (4) inches of topsoil of future expansion areas <br /> (areas to be built upon within eighteen (i8) months) as shown on <br /> approved plans. <br /> 2) Areas designated as open space for future expansion area sliall_be <br /> properly planted and maintained with ��i�r�irl�� �i���5�e�, ��llt]f7����ers; <br /> c,� grass. <br /> g. Slopes and Berms: <br /> i) Final slope grade steeper than the ratio of 3:i will not be permitted <br /> without special approval of treatment, such as terracing or retaining <br /> walls. <br /> 2) Berming used to provide required screening of parking lots and <br /> other open areas shall not have a slope to exceed 3:i. <br /> h. Use of Landscaping for Screening: <br /> Where natural materials, such as trees or hedges are approved in lieu <br /> of required screening by means of walls or fences, density and species <br /> of planting shall be such to achieve ninety percent (90%) opaqueness <br /> year round. <br /> i. Maintenance Policy: <br /> t) All_laiidscapin� shall be �r���rl�� uiaintained s� as t� �r•eser��e <br /> Ulanting in a live state and shall be kept free of noxious weeds <br /> and debris. <br /> 2) Turf�rass and lawns shall not �row to a hei h� t to allow such <br /> grasses to go to seed. <br /> 3) All constructed or manufactured landscape elements� such as <br /> but not limited to benches, retainin� walls, ed�ing�and so forth, <br /> shall be maintained so as to be_free_of crackin�,_ crumblin�, <br /> dilapidation or deterioration. <br /> Pequot Lakes Staff Report �(b)-2 <br /> April i�,2oi9 <br />