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The three types of landscaping screens are described and applied as follows:

(1) Type I Landscaping Screen.

(a) Type I landscaping is a full screen that functions as a visual barrier. This landscaping is typically found adjacent to freeways and between residential and nonresidential areas.

(b) Type I landscaping shall minimally consist of:

(i) A mix of primarily evergreen trees and shrubs generally interspersed throughout the landscape strip and spaced to form a continuous screen;

(ii) Between 70 and 90 percent evergreen trees;

(iii) Repealed.

(iv) Evergreen shrubs provided at the rate of one per linear four feet of landscape strip and spaced no more than eight feet apart on center; and

(v) Ground cover pursuant to CMC 18.40.110.

(2) Type II Landscaping Screen.

(a) Type II landscaping is a filtered screen that functions as a visual separator. This landscaping is typically found between commercial and industrial uses; between differing types of residential development; and to screen industrial uses from the street;

(b) Type II landscaping shall minimally consist of:

(i) A mix of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs generally interspersed throughout the landscape strip spaced to create a filtered screen;

(ii) At least 50 percent deciduous trees and at least 30 percent evergreen trees;

(iii) Repealed.

(iv) Shrubs provided at the rate of one per four linear feet of landscape strip and spaced no more than eight feet apart on center; and

(v) Ground cover pursuant to CMC 18.40.110.

(3) Type III Landscaping Screen.

(a) Type III landscaping is a see-through screen that functions as a partial visual separator to soften the appearance of parking areas and building elevations. This landscaping is typically found along street frontage or between apartment developments;

(b) Type III landscaping shall minimally consist of:

(i) A mix of evergreen and deciduous trees generally interspersed throughout the landscape strip and spaced to create a continuous canopy;

(ii) At least 70 percent deciduous trees;

(iii) Repealed.

(iv) Shrubs provided at the rate of one per four linear feet of landscape strip and spaced no more than eight feet apart on center; and

(v) Ground cover pursuant to CMC 18.40.110. (Ord. 10-10 § 3 (Exh. C); Ord. 42-02 § 2 (21A.16.040))