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04/OS/2013 3. Street Trees Required. Street trees are required alon� public streets. Street trees shall be spaced not more than 40 feet apart, and may not be spaced less than 20 feet apart, unless species selection warrants a different spacin� or plantin� location. Trees shall be located away from primarv entrances. Generally, trees should be spaced no more than three feet from the face of the curb in order to provide shade to both the sidewalk and the roadwav, and to provide a phvsical buffer between pedestrians and traffic. When located within a parkway strip, street trees should be centered within it. Trees should be ali�ned with other trees on the block. Exact tree locations shall be at the discretion of the responsible review authoritv. 4. Street Tree Sidewalk Encroachment. Street trees may be located within the required sidewalk area, provided that at least ei�ht feet in width of sidewalk area is available, clear, and unimpeded for pedestrian traffic. 5. Outdoor Dining Encroachment. Chairs and tables for outdoor dinin� and carts for merchant display mav be permitted in the public ri�ht-of-way (i.e. in sidewalk areas), provided that the use maintains a minimum six-foot wide unobstructed portion of sidewalk corridor adiacent to the buildin� which is clear and unimpeded for pedestrian traffic, and the use keeps the full width of the buildin� entrance clear and unimpeded for buildin� access. Outdoor furniture, includin� but not limited to, chairs, tables, umbrellas, heat lamps, windscreens, busin� stations, partitions, and planters, shall not be permanently fixed into the public ri�ht-of-way (i.e. sidewalk areas) without prior approvals from Redwood Citv, such as a revocable encroachment permit issued bv the Citv Engineer and/or the City Council. D. Secondarv Street Parkway Required. On streets identified in Table 54-2 as secondarv streets, a landscaped parkwav located between the sidewalk and the street mav be required. If an existin� parkway on the secondarv street adiacent to the propertv exists, a parkwav shall be required and the width of the parkway shall be consistent with existin� parkwav widths alon� that secondary street. If an existin� parkwav on the secondary street does not exist, the reauirement for and/or width of the landscaped parkway shall be determined bv the responsible review partv on a case bv case basis. A required parkway shall be provided in addition to anv required sidewalk width on secondarv streets. E. Landscapin�. Landscapin� shall be provided to enhance the appearance of development proiects, provide pedestrian comfort, create shaded areas, reduce heat and �lare, conserve water, screen potentially incompatible land uses and facilities, and improve air and water uq ality• 1. Landscape Plans. A landscape plan shall be submitted as part of the development application. ATTY/ORD.387/GP ZONING ORD MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT ORD.q 1130-359 UNDER ARTICLE 54 FORMERLY MUFF q 602 REV:03-06-13 PT Page 55 of 86