Screening and buffering shall be provided in the locations and in accordance with the following provisions:
(A) Residential:
(1) In all residential major subdivision development, approved pursuant to the Chapter 157, Subdivisions, a buffer strip at least 20 feet in depth or width shall be provided adjacent to all limited access highways, all railroad rights-or-way, and commercial and industrial zoning districts (along side and rear property line). The buffer strip shall be in addition to the depth or width required, and shall be a part of the platted lots, having the following restriction designated on the plat: "This strip reserved for the planting of trees or shrubs; the building of structures hereon is prohibited."
(2) The buffer strip shall be planted with deciduous and/or evergreen trees, spaced not more than 40 feet apart, with a row of shrubs, spaced not more than five feet apart.
(B) Nonresidential:
(1) In all commercial and industrial zoning districts, a buffer strip shall be provided along the side and/or rear property lines adjoining residentially zoned lots. Within the buffer strip, grass, trees, shrubs, and/or fencing shall be placed together which form a dense year-round barrier designed to effectively screen the uses within the subject property from the view of adjacent residential uses (existing or future). Such buffer strips may be included in part of a required yard.
(a) For nonresidential lots one-half acre or larger, the buffer strip shall be at least ten feet wide.
(b) For nonresidential lots smaller than one-half acre, the buffer strip shall be at least five feet wide.
(2) Fencing may be a solid wall or a barrier of wood, brick, or other material. All walls and fences shall be at least six feet in height, and vegetation shall attain that height within two normal growing seasons.
(Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-86; Am. Ord. 126-1989, passed 11-21-89) Penalty, see § 157.999