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Section 5: Section 35.050 of Ordinance 1671-89, as amended (EMC 19.35.050), which reads as follows: Landscaping type requirements. A. Type I: Visual Screen. Type I landscaping is intended to provide a very dense sight barrier to significantly separate uses and zoning districts. It shall generally consist of a mix of predominantly evergreen plantings including living trees, shrubs and ground covers. The choice and spacing of plantings shall be such that they will form a dense hedge sufficient to obscure sight through the screen within three years after planting. Where a sight obscuring fence is required, chain-link fencing with slats shall not be considered to be sight-obscuring. Type I landscaping shall consist of the following: 1. A minimum of two staggered rows of evergreen trees planted along the entire length of the required buffer. Trees shall be chosen and spaced so as to form an effective visual screen which creates a solid sight-obscuring barrier within three years of planting. Trees shall be a minimum of six feet high at the time of planting. 2. When a nonresidential use abuts a residential use in a residential zone and Type I landscaping is required between uses, Type I landscaping shall include a solid wood fence or masonry wall, or combination of wood and masonry, six feet in height and located along the property line between the residential and nonresidential use. 3. The entire width of the required buffer shall be landscaped. The remaining area which is not planted with the sight-obscuring barrier shall be planted with shrubs and ground cover. Shrubs shall be a minimum of twenty-four inches high at the time of planting. Shrubs and ground cover shall be planted to attain a coverage of ninety percent of the planting area within three years. 4. Lawns may be used to cover up to seventy-five percent of the landscape area which is not used for the sight-obscuring barrier. B. Type II: See-through Buffer. Type II landscaping is intended to create a visual separation between uses and zones. Type II landscaping shall consist of: 1. A mix of evergreen and deciduous trees, with no more than thirty percent being deciduous, a minimum of six feet in height, and planted at intervals no greater than twenty feet on center. 2. A mix of evergreen and deciduous shrubs, with not more than thirty percent being deciduous, a minimum of twenty-four inches high at the time of planting, planted at a density of five per one hundred square feet of planting area, together with other living ground cover planted to attain a coverage of ninety percent within three years of planting. C. Type Ill: Ornamental Effects Landscaping. Type Ill landscaping is intended to provide a visual separation of uses from streets; and visual separation of compatible uses so as to soften the appearance of the development from public streets and soften the appearance of parking areas, buildings, and other improvements. Type Ill landscaping shall consist of: 1. Canopy-type deciduous trees or spreading evergreen trees planted in wells or strips with a mix of living evergreen and deciduous ground covers and low shrubs. Up to one hundred percent of the trees may be deciduous. Deciduous trees shall have a minimum trunk diameter of one and one-half inches and a minimum height of six feet at the time of planting. Evergreen trees shall have a minimum height of six feet at time of planting. Trees shall be spaced at intervals no greater than thirty feet on center. 2. Shrubs and living ground cover shall be chosen and planted to attain a coverage of ninety percent within three years of planting. Shrubs shall be a minimum of twenty-four inches high at the time of planting and shall be planted at a density of five shrubs per one hundred square feet of that portion of the landscape area which is not planted in lawn. Lawn may be used for up to seventy-five percent of the required ground cover. 7