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L. In addition to any undisturbed buffer areas required by the permitting authority or the <br /> Zoning By-law, the use of landscaped berms or additional plantings to screen parking <br /> areas from view from abutting properties or public roadways is encouraged. <br /> M. For projects involving more than 10 parking spaces, any parking area (i.e. the area <br /> within any proposed parking field) shall have a minimum ratio of 1:5 of landscaping or <br /> natural area to paved area unless the permitting authority determines that, due to the <br /> shape or configuration of the parking area such landscaping would be impractical <br /> Natural vegetation shall be retained in any such landscaped area to the greatest extent <br /> possible. <br /> :1 <br /> N. Site and parking lot design should preserve any large or outstanding trees, specimen ;> <br /> trees or groves of trees to the greatest extent possible. No trees over ten (10) inches in <br /> diameter at breast height may be removed without approval of the permitting authority !i <br /> for the project. Large parking lot islands are encouraged to help accomplish such <br /> preservation, to provide opportunities for denitrification of stormwater runoff and to <br /> i <br /> improve the visual character of the parking area. <br /> i <br /> O. Plantings shall not be located within three (3) feet of the curb or pavement edge, to <br /> allow for car overhangs, unless low-lying ground cover is used. <br /> P. Plantings shall be installed in exact accordance with planned dimensions to avoid any <br /> adverse change in parking due to improper location. <br /> Q. Irrigation facilities shall be installed, unless the permitting authority determines that it is <br /> infeasible or unnecessary, to ensure proper maintenance of parking lot landscaping. <br /> Water for in-ground irrigation shall be provided from private wells unless the Mashpee <br /> Water District specifically authorizes connection to the municipal water system for <br /> irrigation use. <br /> R. No more than 40% of the area within the drip line of any tree to be planted or retained <br /> within or adjacent to a parking area, when fully grown, may be made impervious, unless <br /> a certified arborist or landscape architect can demonstrate that the long-term health of <br /> such tree will not be adversely affected." <br /> Replace the current wording of Section 174-42 with the following: <br /> "§174-42. Loading facilities. Appropriately sized and designed off-street truck loading / <br /> unloading and parking spaces shall be provided for all retail and industrial projects, for any <br /> "dumpster" location and for other development as required. Loading docks shall be <br /> constructed with eight (8) inches of suitable road base material and a three (3) inch bituminous <br /> concrete surface or twelve (12) inches of suitable road base material and six (6) inches of <br /> reinforced cement concrete as appropriate to the use. Loading docks should be sloped, and <br /> may be required to incorporate a stormwater capture structure capable of capturing and <br /> holding hazardous materials spills, with sizing dependent upon use. Loading facilities shall not <br /> interfere with use of, or circulation within, roadways, driveways or parking areas. If approved <br /> by the Planning Board as part of a Commercial Center, OSID or other mixed-use project, <br /> appropriately sized on-street loading zones may be used." <br /> 1 <br /> 13 <br /> I' <br />