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Hugo Estates Apartments and Manufactured Home Community Expansion Page 11 Landscaping Section 90-181 of the Zoning Ordinance provides landscaping requirements for developments. The site plan includes tree and shrub locations and species. In order to meet the landscape requirements, 54 overstory deciduous trees, 54 coniferous trees, 54 ornamental trees, and 101 shrubs are required to be installed. The developer is proposing 39 overstory deciduous trees, 54 coniferous trees, 21 ornamental trees, and 155 shrubs. The developer is asking for credit for overstory shade trees in the amount of 15 for existing trees on site, which is allowed by ordinance. The number of trees and shrubs meet intent the landscape ordinance. Although the landscape plan meets the ordinance in regards to counts, the developer shall revise the landscape plan to comply with the following: 1. The landscape plan shall be revised for review and approval by staff to include the following: a. Stagger the evergreen trees along Highway 61. b. Include landscaping behind the garages for the apartments. c. Screen the trash enclosure on all sides with evergreens. d. Relocate any landscaping on slopes or drainage swales. e. Landscaping shall be added to screen any ground mounted mechanical equipment. f. The developer shall provide staff with planting details for landscaping proposed on the slopes of the property. Staff will continue to work with the developer on revisions to the landscape plan. The developer is proposing the ground cover to be seeded with grass and the property will be irrigated. Lighting The ordinance requires lighting to consist of cut-off fixtures. Light cast on adjacent property and roads is not to exceed ½ foot candle measured at the property line or 1 foot candle measured at the street’s centerline. There are areas of the lighting plan that do not meet the ordinance standard, but can easily be revised. The applicant shall revise the lighting plan for review and approval by City staff. The developer is proposing pole mounted cut-off light fixtures within the parking lot area. The developer is also proposing wall mounted downcast cut-off light fixtures on the building. The developer has provided examples of cut sheet for the lights. Shields will be required on the proposed lights to reduce glare. Prior to the installation, the pole and wall mounted fixtures will need to be reviewed and approved by staff. The applicant has provided cut-sheets for the wall lighting. Staff recommends adding decorative lighting to the walls of the building.