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surfacing. The association shall maintain a capital improvement program for the driveways under its ownership. c. Adequate length shall be added to the terminus of all dead end private drives for the purposes of backing up and turning of vehicles from individual driveways. Such areas shall not be used for parking. d. Private drives must include plans and areas for snow storage or provide provisions in the homeowners' association documents for snow removal. e. Private drives shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width, back of curb to back of curb, and shall not allow parking on either side unless they are a minimum 28 feet in width, in which case parking may be allowed on one side. (5) Sidewalks. A six-foot sidewalk shall be provided on one side of the public street. (h)(i) Landscaping/screening/lighting. A detailed landscaping and lighting plan shall be provided and implemented pursuant to this section. The landscaping and screening shall address the following: (1) All open areas of the development project which are not used or improved for required parking areas, drives or storage shall be landscaped with a combination of overstory trees, understory trees, shrubs, flowers, and ground cover materials. The plan for landscaping shall include ground cover, bushes, shrubbery, trees, sculpture, foundations, decorative walks or other similar site design features or materials. The landscape plan shall include detailed foundation plantings for areas adjacent to buildings, walks, etc. In addition to the trees required by section 30-415, the following is required: a minimum of five shrubs for each dwelling unit. (2) Landscaping at the boundary of the site adjoining another property and the immediate perimeter of the principal structure. (3) Buffer-yard landscaping for yards bordering major collector and arterial streets. Buffer-yard landscaping shall include berming and the use of coniferous trees. (4) Screening of guest parking areas via the use of decorative fencing, berming, shrubs, trees, or a combination thereof. (5) All boulevards shall be sodded. Prior to sodding, the developer shall provide three inches of black dirt that is tilled into the native soil. The areas to be sodded shall be fine graded and rocks, trash, or other debris shall be removed. (6) Screening of designated outdoor storage areas. (7) All landscaped areas, including on-site traffic islands and all public rights-of-way adjacent to the property (where access is allowed by the governmental jurisdiction), shall have an in- ground irrigation system with an automatic controller. (8) Effective and safe levels of lighting which aid night surveillance and residents' sense of security shall be provided. Such lighting may be provided by streetlights or dwelling unit lights which are controlled by timers or sensors. (i)(j) Transition requirements. Any R-3 zoned property abutting existing, developed single-family or duplex homes shall have a minimum of one tier of single-family dwellings or duplex homes bordering such a development. Exemptions to the provisions of this subsection may be granted, provided one or more of the following conditions exist: