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Ordinance, shall be installed and maintained on any remaining portions of the lot that are not sodded or properly landscaped until a stable ground cover is established. All areas disturbed by grading which surround the principal building and accessory buildings which are not driveways, sidewalks or patios shall be landscaped with grass, shrubs, trees or other ornamental landscape materials. 4.2 Trees to be planted. Three (3) new trees per acre shall be installed concurrently with sodding and seeding of the required yards. At least one (1) overstory tree and either one (1) ornamental tree or coniferous/evergreen tree is required for each lot. Each acre may have two (2) overstory trees as long as they are not of identical species. Existing significant trees that are retained on each lot may be used as a credit in lieu of planting new trees, but each acre must have at least two (2) trees. 4.3 Landscaping required after land filling or reclamation. If land filling or land reclamation is done in a residential area, the requirements of 4.1 for landscaping following construction shall be followed, using the date of permit expiration in place of the date of construction completion. SECTION 5 LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN NON- RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS 5.1 Where landscaping is necessary. For all non-residential districts, at least twenty five percent (25%) of the land area shall be landscaped with grass, approved ground cover, shrubbery and trees. All front yards, boulevards and side yards around a structure in all non-residential districts in the City shall have sod or landscaping with mulch cover properly installed. This installation shall occur within sixty (60) days after the structure is constructed upon the lot, but no later than two hundred forty (240) days after first grading, excavating, or otherwise disturbing the land in furtherance of construction. If construction is completed after the end of growing season, such landscaping shall be installed within sixty (60) days of the start of the next growing season. All areas around the structure must be finished, but seeding of large areas around the structures is allowed in lieu of sod placement. Silt fences and other methods to prevent soil erosion shall be installed and maintained on the remaining portions of the lot that are not sodded or properly landscaped until a stable ground cover is established. 5.2 Parking Area Landscaping. Any parking areas in a non-residential zone that contain one hundred (100) parking stalls or less shall include at least one unpaved landscaped island along the driving aisles that serve as primary circulation to the site. In addition, at least one landscaped. island shall be provided for every two hundred and twenty five (225) feet of contiguous parking stalls. All parking areas containing over one hundred (100) parking stalls shall include unpaved landscaped islands for every two hundred and twenty-five (225) feet of contiguous parking stalls. The islands shall be distributed evenly throughout the planned parkingarea space and be positioned in a way to promote effective traffic flow through the parking area. 5