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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 /> i) All trees and plantings used in site developments shall be <br /> indigenous to the appropriate hardiness zone and physical <br /> characteristics of the site. Invasive plants shall not be allowed. <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. :��� � <br /> tihrubs ���t�l! ti1a� be potted c�r l�all �iiiil k�ur�l�i��. <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 /> i) 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 shall be <br /> properly planted and maintained with prairie grasses, wildflowers, <br /> or 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 3:1. <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. Lightin�__ Li�litin�sliall be IiiitiiiiiaL Li�,Litiii� 51�a11 be ciu���ti��-ard <br /> directi�nal and shall be compatible ���th the surrounding de��elopment. <br /> Lights approved ���th signs must be turned off at the close of business <br /> each da��. <br /> i Statuar��: '1'tiere shall be iio statuar� allu��eci as ��irt c�f the latidsca���� <br /> }�lal� . . <br /> k. Maintenance Policy: <br /> 1) All landscaping shall be properly maintained so as to preserve <br /> planting in a live state and shall be kept free of noxious weeds <br /> and debris. <br /> Pequot Lakes Staff Report �(b)-2 <br /> May i6,2oi9 <br />