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<br />LA PORTE CODE <br /> <br />Sec. 106-800. Landscaping. <br /> <br />(a) Landscaping is required along the front property line and along the side property lines <br />in a minimum four feet wide planting strip with a combination of trees and shrubs~ <br />percentages specified in sections 106 333, 106 113, and 106 522. Comer lots shall be treated as <br />having two front property lines. A certified site plan and/or separate landscape plans shall be <br />submitted in conjunction with site plan and building permit applications. A landscape legend on <br />the site plan should include type, size, and number of plantings existing and proposed at site. <br />Approval of landscape requirements is a condition of building permit approval. Total area of <br />required landscaping shall be computed by the follov/ing method: <br /> <br />(1) Total developed site area shall be computed. <br /> <br />(2) Total area of roofed over improvements shall be computed and then deducted <br />from the developed site area. <br /> <br />(3) The area of required landscaping shall be based on the total remaining developed <br />site area. <br /> <br />(b) Public right-of-way may not be used for landscaping purposes. However, right-of- <br />way used for landscaping will not contribute towards a total required landscaping <br />percentage for parking and open-space areas. Landscaping on public property or <br />easements is at owner's risk and subject to the requirements of section 106-794. <br /> <br />(c) Landscaping plans shall be developed using the following criteria: <br /> <br />(1) Location. <br /> <br />a. Required landscaping shall be located in the front and side property lines yare. <br />There shall be at least one tree for every thirty linear feet of front property and <br />side property landscape area on sites not abutting maior thoroughfares. For the <br />sites abutting maior thoroughfares, there shall be at least one tree for every twenty <br />linear feet. Trees shall be planted in a boulevard type manner on center and <br />uniform distance from the curb or pavement. <br /> <br />b. Landscaping located in sight triangles shall be maintained in a manner that <br />maintains an area of clear visibility between three and six feet as measured <br />vertically from the adjacent prevailing grade. <br /> <br />c. Parking Lot Requirements. <br /> <br />i. Shade trees shall be planted in the parking lot at a ratio of one tree for every <br />seven spaces. Trees shall be dispersed throughout the parking lot to maximize the <br />shading effect on the parking spaces. These trees are exclusive of trees planted <br />around the perimeter of the parking lot. <br />ii. Parking lot with minimum twenty spaces shall provide a planter at the ratio of <br />one for every ten parking spaces. <br />iii. Planters shall not be located on more than one side to required perimeter <br />landscape area. Each planter shall have one tree and shrub at least three feet in <br />height. <br />iv. The minimum size of parking lot trees shall be minimum two-inch caliper. <br />v. The minimum height of parking lot trees shall be six feet. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT 8 <br />