Landscaped Area. All areas of the tract not used for construction of buildings, roads, access ways, parking or sidewalks shall be fully landscaped in accordance with these regulations.

Site Considerations. Natural site features such as: existing trees, streams, rock outcropping, etc. shall be preserved wherever possible. Whenever such natural features are absent or insufficient or have been destroyed during the development of the site, additional new plantings of a sufficient size, as determined by the Planning Board shall be established to provide environmental protection to beautify the buildings and grounds, objectionable features created on the site.

A minimum landscaped area twenty (20) feet wide shall be provided along all tract boundaries, including public streets.

All buffers and landscaped areas shall be protected from adjacent parking areas by curbs, or concrete, metal or wood bumpers at least six (6) inches in height and securely anchored into the ground. Buffer areas may be included within the required setback areas.

Service areas, parking areas, transformer compounds, and other strictly utilitarian improvements, shall be screened. In general, it is intended that all potentially objectionable or unsightly features within both the residential and retail/commercial portions of the tract shall be screened from passing traffic and abutting residential properties.

In the case of a repetition of building designs, as in an apartment house development, care shall be exercised to avoid monotony in the planting design by introducing sufficient variety in the planting layout to lend interest and aesthetic appeal. By the same token, excessive variety shall be avoided, and all shall be represented as a balanced design with proper accent in the right places.

All street trees and on-site deciduous shade trees shall not be less than two (2) inches in diameter measured one (1) foot above the root crown.

A satisfactory amount of evergreen plant material shall be included in the planting, as determined by the Planning Board at the time of site plan review.

Areas required for buffers shall not be cleared or graded prior to development approval.

A twenty-five (25) foot buffer shall be provided to any residential zone boundary line, within which buffer no improvements shall be made, and the property shall either be left in its natural state or planted with evergreens to provide screening, or both, as determined by the Planning Board.

Where the retail/commercial uses and activities permitted on the tract will abut the residential uses and activities, a twenty-five (25) foot buffer shall be established within the residential tract area and maintained as part of the residential development.

A minimum of twenty (20%) percent of the tract shall be devoted to landscaped areas in addition to all required buffers; such landscaped areas may include required recreation areas referred to herein.

The Planning Board shall have the authority to determine the distribution of landscaped areas throughout the project site.