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In all zoning districts, all yards not surfaced for driveway or parking shall be landscaped according to the approved plan prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit or a financial security, as determined by the City Building Official, shall be posted with the City to assure completion of such work. Where any business or industrial use abuts property zoned for residential use, the business or industry shall provide screening along the boundary of the residentially zoned property in accordance with this ordinance. A similar screen shall be provided by a multiple family residential project where a multiple family residential use abuts property zoned for single family residential use. 10. Parking Lot Landscaping. a. Off-street parking facilities of five (5) or more spaces and all loading facilities shall be fully screened from abutting residential property and public rights-of--way to a minimum height of three and one-half (3 I/2) feet for parking areas and six (6) feet for loading areas. b. Within off-street parking areas of fifty (50) or more stalls, imgated, landscaped islands shall be provided at a rate of one island per fifteen (15) surface spaces or fraction thereof. For the purposes of this ordinance, an island shall be required to consist of one hundred (100) square feet of landscaped surface. Such islands shall be contained in raised, curbed beds consistent with parking lot construction requirements of this ordinance except that in£Itration basins and rain-gardens rnay,' be'allowed in appropriate}ilocations as approved by the City Engineey. It is not the intent of this paragraph to relieve a project of the installation of islands which are necessary to promote the safe and efficient flow of traffic, regardless of parking lot size. [Adds,an allowance for rain-gardens under certain conditionsj] 11. Significant Tree Preservation and Replacement. a. Existing Trees. With respect to existing trees in new developments, all trees on the site are to be saved which do not have to be removed for street, buildings, utilities, or drainage. Trees over six (6) inches in diameter that are to remain are to be marked with a red band and to be protected with snow fences or other suitable enclosure prior to any excavation. The City may further require that the developer retain a professional forester to prepare a forest inventory and management plan for the development, in order to control and abate any existing or potential shade tree disease. Prior to construction, the developer or contractor shall schedule an on-site inspection with the Building Official to identify significant trees to be removed. Significant trees shall be defined as those existing trees of six (6) caliper inches or more, as measured five (5) feet above the existing grade level. All such trees to be removed to accommodate the project shall be tagged and catalogued by size. The landscape plan shall be required to show replacement of the lost significant trees on a one hundred (100) percent caliper Little Canada Zoning Ordinance General Provisions 903-14