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4.12 Trash Dumpsters. While trash dumpsters should have convenient access by the residents and by large trash handling trucks, locate dumpsters in areas away from main entrances.
Screen trash dumpster locations with any combination of hard wall materials, earth forms, and landscaping to reduce their impact. Where hard wall materials are used, the materials should compliment the materials used in the project and adjacent facilities.
4.13 Planting and Vegetation. Develop plantings to create an aesthetically pleasing landscape that conserves water and resources while minimizing maintenance requirements. Proper planning and design, plant selection, and use of turf alternatives and mulch materials, zoning of plants in accordance
with water requirements, soil improvements, efficient irrigation, and appropriate maintenance are the fundamentals of good
landscape planting.
4.14 Landforms. The landscape architect and the civil engineer should work together to use landforms to soften the impact of parking on the landscape. Use landforms such as mounds and swales in conjunction with landscape plant materials to
soften or obscure the parking areas, provide spatial articulation, or enhance drainage structures or surface water retention areas. Use landforms to add interest and diversity to the project. In particular, landforms can perform an important function around outdoor activity areas by screening undesirable views.
4.15 Grading. Grade the site to achieve an orderly transition from the point where personnel enter the site by automobile or on foot to the point where personnel are at the first floor elevation. Consider the impacts of the parking area, the bachelor housing, bus stop shelters, sidewalks, outdoor passive use areas, mechanical equipment, and trash dumpsters on site grading. Where appropriate, use grading to control the negative impacts these man-made facilities have on the visual environment, such as shielding trash dumpsters, etc. Housing
tend to be linear and relatively narrow in their configuration; therefore, lending themselves to an orientation paralleling existing contours. Determine if storm water retention is required by local building codes. Where on-site retention is required, carefully consider the location of retention areas in terms of the function as well as their visual impact. Use large retention sites for outdoor recreation areas.
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