1132.06 LANDSCAPING.

   (a)   Not less than twenty percent (20%) of the total land area of a lot and all required yards on which no off-street parking is permitted shall be developed as lawn or landscaped areas or maintained in a naturally wooded state.

   (b)   Not less than ten feet (10') of area bordering buildings, except for entrance ways, shall be planted with ground cover, trees, shrubs, hedges or other landscaping to maintain a park-like effect. In a retail P-1 Use, the Commission may reduce this standard. Parking setbacks and other undeveloped areas of the park shall be graded and maintained as a lawn or wooded area in an orderly natural state and shall be included in the landscape plan.

   (c)   Landscaping, driveways and other permitted uses shall at all times be maintained in an orderly, neat, clean, sanitary and structurally sound condition, and all buildings, driveways or other structures shall be repaired in order to maintain substantially their original appearance and condition to prevent blight and unsightliness. Lawns and other landscaping shall be maintained in accordance with acceptable landscaping principles.

   (d)   Where a Class U-10 District or use is contiguous to or across the street from a residential zone or use, the Commission may require special landscaping, buffering, mounding or fences as the Commission finds necessary for appropriate separation, screening, and protection.

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)