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Landscaping regulations for specific zoning districts are as follows:

A. Single-family residential: None.

B. Medium and Multifamily Residential.

1. A minimum of 10 feet of landscaping shall be provided abutting a public right-of-way.

2. Open green area shall occupy no less than 25 percent of the area of the lot.

3. The side and rear perimeters of properties shall be landscaped to a minimum depth of 10 feet.

4. A minimum of five feet of foundation landscaping shall be placed along the perimeter of any multifamily structure. Foundation landscaping consists of shrubbery or some other combination of landscape materials that helps to reduce the visual bulk of structures and buffer dwelling units from light, glare and other environmental intrusions.

5. Where a multiple-family dwelling is located adjacent to property zoned as single-family residential, all parking or loading areas must be screened from the single-family residential lots by either Type I or Type II landscape techniques for visual screening.

C. Commercial.

1. The side perimeter of property abutting a residential district shall be landscaped to a minimum width of 10 feet, and a visual screen shall be maintained using Type I or Type II landscaping techniques to screen any parking or loading areas adjacent to such lots.

2. A planting strip not less than five feet in depth shall be provided along all property abutting public rights-of-way.

3. A minimum of five feet of landscaping to mask street and parking area shall be provided.

4. Street trees may be required as specified by the town planner.

D. Light Industrial.

1. Front Yard. The front 10 feet shall be improved with appropriate permanently maintained landscaping.

2. Side Yard. At least five feet of the side yard shall be landscaped with permanently maintained landscaping.

3. Where light industrial uses are located adjacent to residential zoned lots, all parking or loading areas must be screened from the residential lots by either Type I or Type II landscape techniques for visual screening. [Ord. 378 § 2 (Exh. 1), 1999.]