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35.050 If the location of existing buildings prevents conform- the sight-obscuring barrier shall be planted with shrubs ance with the requirements of this chapter, the planning and ground cover.Shrubs shall be a minimum of twenty- director shall determine how the code is to be applied: four inches high at the time of planting.Shrubs andground D. Difference of Standards. Where there is a differ- cover shall be planted to attain a coverage of ninety per- ence in the standards listed in this chapter and the specific cent of the planting area within three years. - requirements listed in individual zones,the more substan- 4. Lawns may be used to cover up to seventy-five tial requirements shall be required.The planning director percent of the landscape area which is not used for the may permit alternative landscaping, as provided in Sec- sight-obscuring bather. tion 35.070 of this chapter,when the overall site develop-. B. Type II:See-through Buffer.Type II landscaping ment plan proposed provides equivalent or better results is intended to create a visual separation between uses and thanrequired by this title. zones.Type(I landscaping shall consist of: E All uses subject to the requirements of this section 1. A mix of evergreen and deciduous trees, with no shall also be designed in accordance with Section 39.165 more than thirty percent being deciduous, a minimum of for transportation compatibility,excluding the exceptions six feet in height,and planted at intervals no greater than listed in Section 39.165. (Ord. 2538-01 § 38,2001; Ord. twenty feet on center. 1849-92 §§ 24, 25, 1992; Ord. 1793-91 § 5, 1991; Ord. 2. A mix of evergreen and deciduous shrubs,with not 1729-90§ 18, 1990;Ord. 1671-89(part), 1989.) more than thirty percent being deciduous,a minimum of twenty-four inches high at the time of planting,planted at 35.040 Location of landscaping. a density of five per one hundred square feet of planting Landscaping shall be located where indicated by Table area, together with other living ground cover planted to 35-1. Where required landscape width exceeds the attain a coverage of ninety percent within three years of required setback,the landscape width may be reduced to planting. the minimum setback width if the landscape type is C. Type [II: Ornamental Effects Landscaping. Type increased to the next higher standard (e.g., Type III to Ill landscaping is intended to provide a visual separation Type [I), except that where Type III landscaping is of uses from streets; and visual separation of compatible required along street frontages,it need not be increased to uses so as to soften the appearance of the development Type II landscape standards. (Ord. 1849-92 § 28, 1992; from public streets and soften the appearance of parking Ord. 1671-89(part), 1989.) areas, buildings, and other improvements. Type III land- scaping shall consist of: ' 35.050 Landscaping type requirements. 1. Canopy-type deciduous trees or spreading ever- A. Type I: Visual Screen. Type 1 landscaping is green trees planted in wells or strips with a mix of living intended to provide a very dense sight barrier to signify- evergreen and deciduous ground covers and low shrubs. cantly separate uses and zoning districts.It shall generally Up to one hundred percent of the trees may be deciduous. consist of a mix of predominantly evergreen plantings Deciduous trees shall have a minimum trunk diameter of including living trees, shrubs and ground covers. The one and one-half inches and a minimum height of six feet choice and spacing of plantings shall be such that they will at the time of planting. Evergreen trees shall have a mini- form a dense hedge sufficient to obscure sight through the mum height of six feet at time of planting.Trees shall be screen within three years after planting. Where a sight spaced at intervals no greater than thirty feet on center. obscuring fence is required,chain-link fencing with slats 2. Shrubs and living ground cover shall be chosen shall not be considered to be sight-obscuring.Type I land- and planted to attain a coverage of ninety percent within scaping shall consist of the following: three years of planting. Shrubs shall be a minimum of 1. A minimum of two staggered rows of evergreen twenty-four inches high at the time of planting and shall trees planted along the entire length of the required buffer. be planted at a density of five shrubs per one hundred Trees shall be chosen and spaced so as to form an effective square feet of that portion of the landscape area which is visual screen which creates a solid sight-obscuring barrier not planted in lawn.Lawn may be used for up to seventy- within three years of planting.Trees shall be a minimum five percent of the required ground cover. of six feet high at the time of planting. 3. Landscaping located within public rights-of-way 2. When a nonresidential use abuts a residential use. shall be approved by the Everett parks department, prior in a residential zone and Type I landscaping is required to planting, as part of the review of landscape plans between uses, Type I landscaping shall include a solid required by Section 35.100. The parks department may wood fence or masonry wall,or combination of wood and require specific types of street trees for planting in public masonry,six feet in height and located along the property rights-of-way abutting the property for which the land- line between the residential and nonresidential use. scaping is required.Such street trees shall be selected and 3. The entire width of the required buffer shall be planted in accordance with the parks department require- landscaped.The remaining area which is not planted with ments. 704-263 t ea l-O2)