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(a) Except where more stringent standards or procedures are specified in this Ordinance, the standards and procedures in this Chapter shall apply to all required screening and buffering areas.
(b) For those zoning districts listed in the screening table in Section 1136.07 and those specific districts listed in this Chapter, there shall be provided and maintained on the sides of the property abutting, adjacent to, or across the street from a residential district a screening/buffer zone as specified in this Chapter, unless otherwise waived or reduced by the Commission or official approving the site plan.
(c) For utility buildings, stations, and/or substations, screening shall be provided consisting of a six-foot-high wall, berm, or fence, except when all equipment is contained within a building or structure which is comparable in appearance to residential buildings in the surrounding area.
Whenever landscape, screening and/or a buffer zone are required in this chapter, a preliminary landscape/screening plan shall be submitted to the Administrative Official and a final plan approved by the Commission or other official approving the site plan. The plan shall be prepared and sealed by an architect, landscape architect or engineer, and shall contain the following:
(a) All applicable information required by this Ordinance for site plan review.
(b) All applicable information listed in this Chapter pertaining to plant materials.
(c) The location, general size, and type of existing vegetation to be retained.
(d) Existing and proposed grades.
(e) A planting schedule and plan providing the following information:
(i) The botanical and common name of each plant used.
(ii) The size of each plant to be used at the time of planting.
(iii) The quantity of each plant to be used.
(iv) Whether plants to be used are balled and burlapped, container grown or bare root.
(v) The spacing and location of all proposed trees, shrubs and ground cover. Ground cover is defined as low-growing woody shrubs, deciduous or evergreen plants, perennial plants and/or vines, such as cranberry, cotoneaster (Cotoneaster apiculata), blue rug juniper (Juniperus horizantaus "Wiltoni"), myrtle (Vinca minor), or Baltic ivy (Hedera helix "Baltica"). Grass, shredded bark, wood chips, other similar mulch or landscaping stones are also acceptable as ground cover for greenbelt areas.
(f) The percentage of landscaped area, excluding detention ponds, to be provided on site.
(b) The table in Section 1136.07 indicates the type of screening that is required between two zoning districts. Where such screening is required, only one of the two adjoining zoning districts is responsible for installing the screening, as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
(c) To determine if the zoning district being developed is required to install the screening and which type of screening is required, find the zoning district being developed and follow that column down the page to its intersection with the row which corresponds to the adjoining zoning district. If the intersecting square contains a letter, the zoning district being developed is responsible for installing that level of screening. If the intersecting square does not contain a letter, no screening improvement is required.
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