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BMP ID: 9815
Title: Landscaping practices
Text: "11. Visual Impacts and Aesthetics. . . . In Urban Mitigation Areas and Useable Open Spaces, one or more of the following landscaping practices may be required by the City where reasonably practicable, on a site-specific basis: i. Landscaping requirements found in Sec. 16-18-170; ii. Establishment and proper maintenance of ground covers, shrubs, trees; iii. Shaping cuts and fills to appear as natural forms; iv. Cutting rock areas to create irregular forms; v. Designing the facility to utilize natural screens; or vi. Construction of fences for use with or instead of landscaping."
Source Publication Name: Brighton Memorandum of Understanding, (Draft Model)
Citation Section: Attachment A
Citation Page: 11
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: City of Brighton, City Manager's Office
500 S. 4th Ave.
Brighton, CO  80601  United States
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Alternate Contact: Margaret Brubaker
City Attorney
21 North 1st Avenue, Suite 290
Brighton, CO  80601  USA
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Categories: Visual Aesthetics
Land Surface Disturbance
Location: Colorado
Species:
Vegetation Types:
• Suburban / urban
General Comments: Local Government - Operator MOU
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2016-01-22 12:26 UTC
Last Updated: 2016-03-14 21:52 UTC