(A) The bufferyard illustrations, which follow graphically, indicate the width and number of plants required per 100 linear feet. To determine the total number of plants required, the length of each side of the property requiring a given class of buffer shall be divided by 100 and multiplied by the number of plants shown in any of the options in the illustration.
Any buffer area, which overlaps another buffer area, shall be subtracted from the total to avoid double counting. If the calculations required by this section yield a fractional number, that number shall be rounded up to the next highest whole number.
(B) The developer or owner of the property shall determine the arrangement of plants in the bufferyard.
(C) Existing trees and vegetation within a required buffer, which meet these requirements may be counted toward the total bufferyard plant material requirements. If existing trees and plants do not fully meet the standards for the type of buffer required, additional vegetation shall be planted. Other existing site features within the required buffer area which do not otherwise function to meet the standards for the required buffer shall be screened from the view of other properties or removed, as determined during review and approval of the site plan or major special use.
(Ord. 99-0-053, passed 8-17-99)