(A) Bufferyards shall be located on the outer perimeter of a lot or parcel, extending to the lot or parcel boundary line.
(B) At the discretion of the Administrator, the width of the bufferyard may include all or a portion of rights-of-way, drainage easements, and utility easements, however plantings shall not be located on any portion of these areas. With this discretion, the Administrator must ensure that the effectiveness of the required bufferyard shall not be compromised.
(C) All plant material that dies must be replaced within six months so as to maintain the approved bufferyard and landscape plan.
(D) Deciduous trees are to be a minimum of two inches in diameter or eight feet tall at the time of planting. Evergreen trees shall be a minimum of five feet tall at the time of planting.
(E) Any existing plant material which otherwise satisfies the requirements of this section may be counted toward satisfying all such requirements.
(F) The following plant material substitutions shall satisfy the requirements of this section.
(1) In all bufferyards evergreen, canopy or evergreen understory trees may be substituted for deciduous canopy trees without limitation.
(2) In all bufferyards, evergreen or conifer shrubs may be substituted for deciduous shrubs without limitation. A landscape plan shall be submitted with each applicable application. Such plan shall be a site plan drawn to scale showing the location, type, size, and category of each plant unit used.
(G) When it has been proven that the required plantings of a bufferyard cannot be installed because of existing easements or other unavoidable site constraints, the Administrator shall have the discretion to allow the substitution of alternative vegetation, provided that the total number of plantings does not decrease.