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b. A landscape strip a minimum of five feet wide must be provided along the interior property lines of the new parking area. This area shall be planted with Type III landscaping. The college has identified additional properties within the triangle to purchase and demolish for the purposes of providing additional parking. In lieu of providing a landscape strip at the time of the first phase of parking lot construction, the applicant may provide a sight obscuring fence to provide a screen between the remaining residential and commer;,ial structures and the new parking lot. If the parking area is not expanded witnin the next five years, as proposed by the college, than the interior landscaping will need to be provided. Tha applicant shall prepare a covenant acceptabie to the City acknowleiging this lands -,ape requirement. c. A minimum of 1 tree shall be planteo per every 6 parking stalls within the interior of the perking lot. Landscape areas must he planted and located per Section 35.080E of the Zoning Code. Prior to issuance of any permits, landscaping plans must be reviewed and approved by the Planning Department per Section 35.100 of the Zoning Code The landscaping plan must show location and dimensions of required vegetated swales, wetponds, detention ponds, rockeries and retaining walls, and grading at 2 foot intervals. Irrigation systems must be provided in all landscaped areas per Section 35.130 of the Zoning Code. A 2 year maintenance assurance device must be provided for the landscaping per Section 35.1306 of the Zoning Code. 40. The following arterials and highways are designated as "gateways corridors" for which particular attention will be given to the design and maintenance of public improvements and the application of standards to development of abutting properties: Broadway north of 41 A Street, West Marine View Drive, Pacific Avenue, Hewitt Avenue, Everett Avenue, Rucker Avenue between 19th Street and 43rd Street, Colby Avenue, Mukilteo Blvd, 41s1 Street, Evergreen Way, 19th Avenue SE, 128th — 132nd Street corridor, SR 526, and Interstate 5. 41. In accordance with City Council Resolution No. 5600 prior to each phase of construction the College will be required to submit a construction mitigation plan to the Planning Department. 42. The design and implementation of public improvement projects undertaken in any of the designated gateway corridors identified above shall include aesthetic as well as functional considerations in order to support and enhance the visual quality and character of the city. Such aesthetic considerations shall include, but not be limited to, appropriate street trcos and plantings, utility structures such as street lighting and traffic control devices, public right-of-way signs, retaining walls and pedestrian safety rails, bicycle lanes, transit benches and shelters, and other right-of-way improvements as appropriate. 43. The design of sites, buildings, landscaping and signs which are developed on properties abutting the designed gateway corridors should be of a quality that upgrades and enhances the aesthetic character of the City in general and the immediate areas in particular. 44. The City shall work with property and business owners along gateway corridors to develop and implement streetscape improvement plans both within the public right-of-way and on properties