§ 105-166. Landscaping and screening.  


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  • A. 
    Screening. Effective evergreen landscape screening at least 10 feet in height and at least 15 feet in depth shall be provided and maintained throughout the year on the southerly boundary of the R-O-H District.
    B. 
    Landscaping.
    (1) 
    The front area of the building shall be landscaped in accordance with Planning Board requirements. Along the north side and rear lines of the plot, deciduous trees at least five inches in diameter at the base of the trunk shall be planted, spaced approximately 50 feet apart, or a line of ornamental flowering trees at least three inches in diameter at the base of the trunk shall be set at twenty-five-foot intervals or other suitable landscaping plan approved by the Planning Board. The building shall be surrounded by acceptable foundation shrubbery.
    (2) 
    The remaining area of the plot not occupied by building area, parking areas, vehicular access, sidewalks and landscape screening shall be a well-maintained lawn or a landscaped planting design appropriate to the predominantly low-density residential character of the Village.
    (3) 
    All lawns hedges, trees and shrubs shall be maintained in healthy, luxuriant condition at all times (winter foliage excepted) according to the highest horticultural standards usual to the nursery trade.