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14 (C) Loading docks: Loading docks shall be not located in the front yard and shall be completely screened from eye-level view of public streets and public open spaces, by means of landscaping which is at least 80% opaque within two years, or by a screen wall of the same materials and colors as the principal building. (D) Landscaping: 1. All land area not occupied by buildings, parking, driveways, sidewalks, or other hard surface shall be sodded or mulched and landscaped with approved ground cover, flowers, shrubbery and trees. 2. At least ten percent (10%) of the total land area within the perimeter of private parking and driveway areas shall be landscaped. Landscaped areas provided within the build-to line may be credited toward this 10% landscaping requirement on a square-foot- for-square-foot basis, for up to half of the 10% requirement, or 5%. 3. Parking lot landscaped islands shall be a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area and include at least one overstory or evergreen tree meeting the requirements of this ordinance. 4. Where parking abuts the site perimeter there shall be provided at least one overstory tree per twenty-five (25) feet of site perimeter. 5. At least one overstory tree shall be provided for every five hundred (500) square feet of landscaped area on the entire site. 6. The landscape plan shall include a full complement of overstory, ornamental and evergreen trees, shrubbery, and ground covers which are hardy and appropriate for the locations in which they are planted, and which provide year-round color and interest. 7. a. The following trees may not be used to satisfy the landscaping requirement of this section: Acer negundo Box Elder Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa Elaegnus Russian Olive Ginkgo Biloba F. Ginkgo (female prohibited, male permitted) Morus alba Mulberry Populus deltoides Cottonwood Populus species Poplars