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SUBSTITUTE Amending Sections 28.142 and 28.211 of the Madison General Ordinances to update various landscaping and screening requirements and create a definition for hedges.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This amendment updates various landscaping and screening requirements. It creates an exception for developments disturbing less than 10% of the site or increasing less than 10% of gross floor area, so long as no principal building is demolished. It reduces the required landscaping points for lots over 5 acres, and allows an exception where building placement prohibits compliance. Currently, the tree diversity requirement permits no more than four of any one species of trees on a single site, which becomes impractical with large numbers of trees. This amendment changes the regulation to limit any single species from comprising more than a defined percentage of the total trees. It creates a definition for "hedge," and separates solid hedges, used for screening, from ornamental hedges.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
See "BODY - SUB" in Attachments.