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CHAPTER 63 - LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

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63.230 LANDSCAPE AREA REDUCTION

This ordinance permits the satisfaction of Landscape standards by the provision of Landscape Area, Landscape Material, or a combination of area and materials.  The basic ordinance requirement is the minimum percentage of Landscape Area identified in the Zoning District Tables; this percentage may be reduced by the amount calculated in paragraph 63.232 through the introduction of landscape materials in the development.

63.231

Landscape Policy:  The purpose of Landscape Area and Landscape Material is to provide aesthetic relief from on-site areas used for buildings or vehicle movement and parking.  It is the policy of the City that Landscape Area and materials shall be used to provide separation or visual relief for the primary living areas or primary views of adjacent residential uses and for users of the public right-of-ways from on-site parking areas and building foundations and walls.

63.232

Calculation of Landscape Area Reduction:  The minimum required Landscape Area on a site may be reduced by the provision of Landscape Materials according to the following formula:   

Landscape Area Reduction Worksheet

63.233

Landscape materials may be planted within the public right-of-way if permission is obtained from the road authority.  Materials which are part of a required bufferyard may not be applied to Landscape Area Reduction calculation.  Landscape area may be partially within a public right of way as provided for in paragraph 60.424 subd. 3.




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