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reduced accordingly such that an eighty (80) percent visual screen <br />of not less than six (6) feet in height is maintained. The planting <br />plan and type of plantings shall require the approval of the City <br />Council. <br />b. A required screening fence shall be constructed of masonry, brick, <br />wood or metal. Such fence shall provide a solid screening effect <br />six (6) feet in height. The design and materials used in <br />constructing a required screening fence shall be subject to the <br />approval of the City Council. Fences in excess of six (6) feet in <br />height shall require approval of the Building Official. Plantings shall <br />be included in the design of any screening fence except as <br />otherwise approved by the City Council due to grade constraints. <br />2. Landscaping - General Residential. The lot area remaining after providing <br />for off-street parking, off-street loading, sidewalks, driveways, building site <br />and/or other requirements shall be landscaped using ornamental grass, <br />shrubs, trees or other acceptable vegetation or treatment generally used <br />in landscaping prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy. Occupancy <br />may be taken in the Winter provided a security is posted equal to one <br />hundred fifty (150) percent of the cost of any remaining landscaping to be <br />accomplished and all such remaining landscaping must be installed by the <br />first of June the following Spring. Fences or trees placed upon utility <br />easements require City approval and are subject to removal at the <br />owner's expense if required for the maintenance or improvement of the <br />utility. The City assumes no liability for replacement. Branches of trees <br />on utility easements containing overhead wires shall not extend within ten <br />(10) feet of such wires at mature plant height. <br />3. Landscaping - New Residential Subdivisions, Semi -Public and All Income <br />Producing Property Uses. (Excluding residential structures containing <br />less than four (4) dwelling units). Prior to approval of a building permit, all <br />above referenced uses shall be subject to mandatory landscape plan and <br />specification requirements. <br />a. The landscape plan shall be compared to all applicable CPTED <br />(Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) standards and <br />reviewed by the police department. <br />b. The landscape plan must address the following: <br />1) The boundary or perimeter of the proposed subdivision or <br />site at points adjoining other properties. <br />Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance General Provisions <br />3-35 <br />