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(17) Screening, Landscaping, Buffer Yards and Tree Preservation. <br /> (a) Purpose. To establish landscaping and tree preservation standards <br /> to promote high quality site development, compatibility of uses, biodiversity, tree <br /> preservation, and to enhance the health, safety and general welfare of the residents <br /> of the community. <br /> 1. Definitions. For the purpose of the Landscaping, Screening and <br /> Tree Preservation Standards, the following definitions shall apply: <br /> BASIC USE AREA. The area necessary for construction of the site's allowed use in <br /> accordance with the following: <br /> a. Commercial, industrial, and institutional uses include the <br /> area within the footprints of buildings and vehicular hardscape and within 20 <br /> feet around those improvements <br /> b. Residential subdivisions include the area within the street <br /> right-of-way and that portion of a residential lot between the right-of-way and <br /> within 100 feet beyond and parallel to the street right-of-way. <br /> c. Surface water management ponds are not part of the basic <br /> use area. <br /> BIODIVERSITY. The variety, distribution and abundance of living organisms in an <br /> ecosystem. <br /> DAMAGE. Action or inaction which does not follow good arboriculture practices. <br /> Damage may include damage inflicted upon roots by machinery, changing the natural grade <br /> above the root system or around the trunk, destruction of the natural shape or any action which <br /> causes infection, infestation or decay. <br /> DBH. Diameter at breast height, typically measured at 4'.5"-6' above the ground. <br /> DETENTIONAREA. Area of a detention pond from the normal water level and up <br /> the side slopes to 10' offset from the high water level. <br /> DISTURBANCE. Any construction, development, removals, earth movement, <br /> clearing or other similar activity. <br /> DRIP LINE. Imaginary line on the ground that is extended straight downward from <br /> the outermost edge of the canopy. <br /> ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA (ESA). An area that contains native <br /> vegetation, natural features and/or natural resources. These include surface water(rivers, lakes, <br /> streams and ditches); shoreland and floodplain areas, especially riparian and wildlife corridors; <br /> Landscape Revisions draft no comments'andsG,^^ Reviri^^s d'r,{+' <br />