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JUN -23 -2000 08:32 <br />651 292 0083 P.07/09 <br />ROUGH DRAFT <br />06/21/00 <br />Handbook for Environmental Planning and Conservation Development. (See Appendix <br />A). <br />Groundcover means a herbaceous plant that occupies the ground story (e.g. grasses, <br />Forbes, wildflowers). <br />Land disturbing activity means any excavating, grading, clearing, filling, or other earth <br />moving and land reclamation which may result in movement of: <br />■ Five thousand (5000) cubic yards anywhere in the City; <br />• One hundred (100) cubic yards per acre, or more of earth anywhere in the City; <br />■ Within a Shoreland Overlay District, ten (10) cubic yards on steep slopes or within <br />Shore Impact Zones; or <br />■ Within a Shoreland Overlay District, fifty (50) cubic yards per acre. <br />Landscape architect means a person licensed by the state as a registered landscape <br />architect. <br />Mulch means materials placed over the surface of the soil, around plantings, to help retain <br />soil moisture and retard growth of unwanted vegetation. Acceptable mulch materials <br />include: wood chips, shredded bark, partially decomposed leaves, river rock, pine straw, <br />or similar. <br />Shrub (deciduous or evergreen) means a multi- stemmed woody plant, smaller than a tree, <br />consisting of several stems growing from the ground or small branches near the ground. <br />Traffic visibility triangle means the triangular area formed by a diagonal line connecting <br />the ends of two lines extending fifteen (15) feet along the curblinc from the point of <br />intersection of two streets within which vegetation or structures may not impede vision. <br />[illustrate with diagram] <br />Vegetated swale means a shallow linear depression around parking lots, in parking lot <br />medians, and along roadsides, often used downstream from detention facilities to slow <br />the flow of surface water runoff and promote pollutant removal. They are planted with <br />moisture tolerant species. <br />III. APPLICABILITY <br />A. Landscape /Screening Plan Required: A Landscape /Screening Plan as described in <br />Section IV herein, shall be reviewed and approved by the City in conjunction with all <br />applications for: <br />• Site and Building Plan Review (commercial, industrial, and multi - family only) <br />3 <br />