GUIDELINES / 6.0 Aesthetics & Visual Quality
6.7 Buffers for Visual Screening

Use dense and multi-layered vegetation, particularly shrubs to screen views. Deciduous plants provide 40 percent less screening than evergreens after leaf fall, so evergreens or a wider deciduous buffer may be necessary for screening year-round. Consider vegetation and viewpoint height in design.
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