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(3) The screening shall be maintained after completion; and (4) A dollar amount of one and one-half times the estimated cost of planting and construction of the screening shall be filed with the city in the form of a cash escrow or letter of credit. The cash escrow or letter of credit amount shall be forfeited to the city if any provisions of this section are violated. (G)Landscaping. A minimum of ten percent of any lot shall be green space. Three percent of the surface area of the land within a parking area shall be landscaped with grass and shrubbery or other approved ground cover. Landscaped areas will continue to be maintained by the property owner on a continuous basis. Green areas within abutting street rights -of -way will also be maintained by the property owner. Additional landscaping regulations are set forth in § 156.116. (H)Accessory structures. Garages, accessory structures, screen walls and exposed areas of retaining walls shall be of similar type, quality and appearance as the principal structure. Accessory structures shall comply with other requirements of this chapter. (1) Permitted encroachments. The following shall not be considered as encroachments on setbacks subject to other conditions within this chapter: off-street parking spaces, flues, belt course, leaders, sills, pilaster, lintels, cornices, eaves, gutters, awnings, open terraces, service station pump islands, open canopies, steps, chimneys, flagpoles, ornamental features, open fire escapes, sidewalks and fences, except as hereinafter amended. (J) Driveways. (1) No driveway shall be located within 100 feet of any right-of-way line of a street intersection. This distance shall be measured along the property line from the corner right-of-way line. (2) Access drives onto county roads shall require a review by the City Engineer. (K) Refuse. (1) Garbage and rubbish containers shall be placed at the rear of the premises or in a manner as to be out of view from the street. In no event shall containers or their enclosures be placed or maintained in a way to unreasonably interfere with the use or enjoyment of adjoining property. (2) All garbage containers shall be screened with a suitable enclosure. (L) Loading facilities. Loading facilities shall be on the side of rear yards. When adjacent to and/or visible from any public street, the facilities must be adequately screened. (M) Storage. For the purpose of this zoning district, car, vans and pickup trucks parked outside and used by employees and/or visitors in the normal course of the business operation will not be construed to 3431Psge