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b) Along any driveway to an off street parking area containing over six parking spaces when the driveway is adjacent to a site that is residentially used and either residentially zoned or guided. c) On commercial and industrial sites, along any property line that directly abuts a site that is residentially zoned or guided and along any side or rear property line that faces across a street a site that is residentially used and either residentially zoned or guided. d) Where required by the City Council through a condition of approval. 2. Landscaping must be provided around exterior storage, service and mechanical areas to screen the uses from view by adjacent property or streets. a) Screening may consist of fences, walls, earth berms and landscape plantings. b) If landscaping is used, twenty-five (25) percent must be evergreen plantings. c) Walls must be compatible with the architectural treatment of the principal structure. 3. Where screening is required by this zoning ordinance, such screening shall be six (6) feet in height unless otherwise specified. Required screening shall be at least fifty (50) percent opaque at planting and throughout the year, unless otherwise specified. Required screening shall be specified by one (1) or a combination of the following: a) A decorative fence b) A masonry wall c) A hedge D. Parking facility. In all districts except the industrial district, any parking facility over six (6) parking spaces, other than a parking garage, shall include landscaping to buffer the facility from adjacent properties and from the public right-of-way; reduce the visual glare and heat effects of large expanses of pavement; and provide areas for the retention and absorption of stormwater runoff. All parking and loading areas adjoining public streets or sidewalks shall provide: 1. A landscaped yard at least ten (10) feet wide along the public street or sidewalk. 2. Screening consisting of a masonry wall, decorative fence, hedge or combination thereof that forms a screen between three (3) and four and one-half (4.5) feet in height at planting and not less than fifty (50) percent opaque. Screening six (6) feet in height and not less than fifty (50) percent opaque is required in areas devoted principally to the parking or loading of trucks or commercial vehicles. 3. One tree shall be provided for each fifty (50) linear feet or fraction thereof of parking or loading area lot frontage. 4. In addition to perimeter landscaping, parking lots for more than twenty-five (25) cars shall contain planted islands.