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Created: 2024-07-18 07:35:50 [EST] <br />(Supp. No. 21, Update 3) <br />Page 11 of 12 <br />(h)Seeding and sod.Seeding may be used when the city determines sod is not practical or desirable such as, but <br />not limited to, open spaces, sites that are rough graded and areas that cannot be developed (such as those <br />located within a power line easement). <br />(i)Slopes and berms.Slopes that are to be maintained as turf in excess of 2:1 are prohibited unless approved by <br />the zoning administrator. All berms must incorporate trees and plantings into the design. In no situation shall <br />berms be used as the sole means of screening. <br />(j)Ground areas under building roof overhangs.All ground areas under the building roof overhang must be <br />treated with a decorative mulch and/or foundation planting. <br />(k)Detention ponds.Stormwater ponds shall be landscaped with an average of a ten foot buffer strip of shade <br />and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubbery, natural grasses, groundcover and/or other plant materials to <br />provide an aesthetically appealing setting. This landscaping plan shall be in addition to the required <br />landscaping. <br />(l)Irrigation systems.All principal use structures shall provide an exterior water supply for use in landscape <br />purposes. The exceptions to this are one and two family dwellings and additions to existing structures equal <br />to or less than ten percent of the square feet of the existing structure. <br />(m)Landscape guarantee.All new plants shall be guaranteed for two full years from the time planting has been <br />completed. All plants shall be alive and in satisfactory growth at the end of the guarantee period or be <br />replaced. <br />(Ord. No. 32 3rd series, § 2, 3-27-2006) <br />Sec. 78-830. Drainage. <br />(a)General provision.No land shall be developed and no use shall be permitted that results in water runoff <br />causing floods, erosion or deposits on adjacent properties. Site and drainage plans shall be submitted by the <br />applicant in such detail as required by the council, and those plans shall be reviewed by the city engineer <br />before submission to the planning commission and the council for approval. Such runoff may be required to <br />be properly channeled into a natural watercourse, ponding area, storm drain or other public facilities. Any <br />change in grade affecting water runoff, whether onto adjacent property or otherwise, must be in compliance <br />with the surface water management plan and shall be consistent with other applicable regulations of <br />provisions of this code and subject to the approval of other agencies having jurisdiction over the area <br />affected by the drainage. <br />(Ord. No. 32 3rd series, § 2, 3-27-2006) <br />Sec. 78-831. Lighting. <br />(a)General provision.Any lighting used to illuminate a structure, an off-street parking area, or other area in an <br />industrial district shall be arranged so as to deflect light away from any adjoining residential property or from <br />any public right-of-way. All lighting shall be installed in accordance with the following provisions: <br />(1)Lighting cutoff.The luminaire shall contain a cutoff which directs and cuts off the light at an angle of 90 <br />degrees or less. <br />(2)Lighting adjacent property.Lighting sources shall not be permitted so as to light adjacent property in <br />excess of the maximum intensity. <br />284