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14.3
The majority of parking in national cemeteries is parallel.
14.4
Design parking facilities to accommodate people with
disabilities.
16.
accordance with VA requirements.
17.
LANDSCAPING DESIGN:
17.1
General: Integrate the landscape planting design with the
overall design of the site. The landscape planting shall
compliment and enhance the architecture and site
features, facilitate vehicular and pedestrian access, create
open areas and vegetative screens, and ensure easy
maintenance.
17.2
Enhance established design and historical character of
existing buildings and landscapes. The design should be an
outgrowth of site function and building massing. Site,
building, and landscape should reflect an integrated
concept.
17.3
Provide open lawn spaces (interment areas) framed by
groups of large and small trees.
17.4
Limit the use of shrubs to buildings, screening, and control
of pedestrian traffic.
17.5
Select plants that are indigenous to the area, require little
maintenance, and are disease and insect resistant.
17.6
Do not select plants that are poisonous, irritating, thorny or
that drop fruit or sap. Locate plants so they do not interfere
with driver or pedestrian visibility, circulation, and safety.
17.7
Plant bed outlines curvature shall have minimum radii of
3m (10 feet). Design lawn areas to facilitate maintenance.
17.8
Provide edging around shrub beds.
17.9
Utilize ground cover on slopes steeper than 3:1, i.e. 3m
horizontally to 1m vertically (3 feet to 1 foot).
17.10 Include on landscape drawings:
A.
A planting plan showing the location of all the
landscape elements.
VA Design Guide -- National Cemetery Administration
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