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BOCK 18 P.-GE 3S 4 ® j Section 7. Other Required Screening. In addition to the buffer yard screening required in Section 6 of this Article, the screening required for off-street parking in Section 9 of this Article, and the screening for commercial outdoor storage required in Article VIII, Section 2. Note 2, refuse storage facilities and all business, service, repair, processing, storage, or merchandise display conducted outside of an enclosed building shall be screened from adjacent streets and properties by means of an effective screening. Appropriate screening devices may include solid decorative brick walls, wood fences, berms, tight evergreen hedges or a combination of the above. Such screening shall be of sufficient height and design to effectively screen the tetcility from the view from adjacent residential uses and street, and from adjacent properties. Section 8. Alternative Buffers and Screening. In lieu of compliance with the above buffer yard and screening requirements, a developer may submit to the Planning Board for its approval a detailed plan and specifications for landscaping and screening which will afford a degree of buffering and screening equivalent to or exceeding that provided in Section 6, Table of Buffer Requirements. Section 9. Parking Lot Screening. All parking lots shall be screened from public rights-of-way and adjacent properties zoned residential. The minimum height of the screening shall he 3' for right-of-way screening and 6' for residential screening. These minimum heights should be reached within 2 years of planting. The plant materials used for the parking lot screening shall consist of a tight evergreen hedge. There should be no gaps in the screen greater than 6' wide. Section 10. Recommended Plant Materials and Screening Vegetation. All plant material required by this section shall be of one or more species listed below. However, the Zoning Administrator may approve other plant material not listed herein if it is found that such material will fulfill the requirements of this section. Canopy Trees Red Maple Laurel Oak Silver Maple Live Oak Sugar Maple Pin Oak Green Ash White Oak White Ash Willow Oak Southern Magnolia Japanese Zelkova Sycamore Villagc Green Zelkova Sawtooth Oak Scarlet Oak 3