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Park District Planned Development Overlay | Exhibit A.2 – Park District Design Standards Page 19 <br />Exhibit A.2_Park District PDO_Design Standards_24-0703 <br />4.3 – Landscaping <br />Purpose <br />• To promote and enhance the Park District as a walkable place and enhance the <br />pedestrian environment and general appearance of development. <br />• To increase the physical comfort through heat mitigation and mental and physical well- <br />being with comfortable walking spaces and providing connections to nature. <br />• To provide for green setbacks at the project edge to buffer adjacent existing residential <br />development. <br />• Increase visibility to promote public safety and deter crime. <br />• To provide a varied environment that provides for a variety of scales, spaces, and <br />experiences for residents and visitors <br />Relationship to Other Standards <br />These standards supplement the landscaping standards in Chapter 19.35 EMC. See also Exhibit <br />A.1 for other Park District PDO landscaping standards. <br />Standards <br />A. PDO boundary landscaping. <br />1. On the east boundary of the PDO, Type II landscaping at least ten feet deep is required. <br />This standard applies whether the applicable area is in the right-of-way or on property. <br />This standard does not apply to areas where this cannot be achieved in order to provide <br />intersection alignments. <br />2. The community gardens shall not be located in the wetlands buffer. The wetlands buffer <br />shall be planted with native plant material. Any portion of the community gardens <br />adjacent to the wetlands buffer shall be planted with native plant material and may <br />contain walking paths. Signs shall be posted which encourage community garden plot <br />holders to use low or no chemicals. <br />3. On the west boundary of the PDO, fencing meeting the standards of Chapter 19.40 EMC <br />and subsection (E) below plus an evergreen landscaping screen is required between <br />proposed buildings within the Park District and adjacent existing residential buildings <br />outside of the Park District boundary. Specific landscaping materials that screen <br />adjacent properties shall be approved by the City. <br />4. On the 12th Street boundary of the PDO, Type III landscaping at least ten feet deep is <br />required except at pedestrian-oriented spaces and recreation areas (see Section 4.1.C). <br />5. Boundary landscaping planting plans must be coordinated with applicable utility <br />agencies and easement requirements. <br />B. Landscape diversity. The following standards demonstrate a commitment to integrating a <br />diversity of landscape forms, species, textures, and colors that add richness to the Park <br />District environment. <br />1. Trees. At least 30 percent of new trees must be conifers. These conifers must be native <br />or verified non-invasive, low-maintenance, and ecologically beneficial.