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ROUGH DRAFT 09/20/00 streets or abutting properties in different zoning districts [but only if residential zoning/use? Should you use land use category vs. zoning since zoning may not accurately reflect future use ?]: 1) Off -street parking areas containing six (6) or more spaces; 2) Loading, service, and outdoor storage areas; and 3) Utility and mechanical equipment 4) Dumpster /recycling receptacles b) Screening shall be in addition to other required landscaping per Section W.A. 4. Screens shall consist of berms, walls, fences, plant materials or a combination of these. Buildings on the subject property may function as screening devices if, as determined by the City, they effectively block the view of the items or areas required to be screened. C. Specific Screening Requirements [do you want to deal with outdoor displays (e.g. windshield washing fluid) and storage of merchandise as "outdoor storage " ?? Do you want to specifically exempt them? See Section 3.G and R pp. 3 -24 in ZO] 1. Parking Lots [reference Sec. 3 Subd. 5 p. 3 -40 ?] a) All off -street parking lots containing six (6) or more spaces shall be screened from public streets and abutting properties designated for single family residential uses [should this just say "designated for a different land use " ?]. b) Parking lot screens shall be at least three (3) feet in height. The maximum height shall depend on the specific situation and shall be subject to other requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.[Note: the ZO and OPTED objectives provide several different height limits — need to achieve some consistency] Plant screens shall be at least two (2) feet at time of installation/planting and shall provide seventy percent (70 %) visual obscurity year- round, within three growing seasons [need to make sure this is consistent], unless otherwise approved by the City. c) [include requirement for overstay trees around parking lot perimeter? This is more a landscaping /micro - climate issue than screening] d) Parking lot screens shall comply with all applicable Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) standards (see Section VI.D.3). e) All parking lots with fifty or more spaces shall provide interior planting islands that occupy at least five percent (5 %) of the parking lot area. Planting islands shall be at least eight (8) feet wide with a minimum of two hundred and forty-five (245) square feet of pervious surface. Plants used in islands should generally consist of large (over -story) deciduous trees tolerant of heat, deicing salt, soil compaction, and drought. All islands should include a ground layer of organic mulch and/or herbaceous groundcover that can tolerate the island conditions. f) Unless otherwise approved by the City in situations where infiltration is desired, islands within parking lots shall be edges with continuous curbing. 7