To determine what buffer yard is required, determine adjacent land use classes and use the buffer yard matrix.
A. 1 tree/25 linear feet
No shrubs required
10 feet wide
B. 6 foot tall solid (opaque) screen
1 tree/12 linear feet
1 shrub/10 linear feet
15 feet wide
C. 6 foot tall solid (opaque) screen
1 tree/8 linear feet
1 shrub/6.7 linear feet
20 feet wide
D. 6 foot tall solid (opaque) screen
1 tree/6 linear feet
1 shrub/5 linear feet
25 feet wide
E. 8 foot tall solid (opaque) screen
1 tree/4 linear feet
1 shrub/2.5 linear feet
40 feet wide
1. Of the total number of trees required, 1/3 shall be shade trees, 1/3 shall be ornamental trees, and 1/3 shall be evergreen trees, except in permitted natural landscaping areas. In such areas, 100 percent of the trees shall be native plant material specific to the soils, hydrology, and proposed ecosystems; 1/2 shall be shade trees and 1/2 shall be ornamental trees.
2. The minimum size of buffer yard plants at the time of planting shall be as follows:
a. Shade trees: 2-1/2 inch caliper as measured 6 inches above grade.
b. Ornamental trees: 2-1/2 inch caliper, measured 6 inches above grade, or clumps 6 feet tall.
c. Evergreen trees: 6 feet tall.
d. Shrubs: For shrubs that mature at less than 5 feet in height - 2 feet tall. For shrubs that mature taller than 5 feet in height - 3 feet tall.
LAND USE INTENSITY CLASSES
In order to determine the required buffer yard according to the buffer yard matrix, the following shall be used:
Class 1:
- Single-family detached.
- Passive recreational park, playgrounds.
- Agricultural uses.
- Golf courses.
- Cemeteries.
Class 2:
- Single-family attached and residential buildings with 2 or more units up to 6 units per acres and up to 2 stories.
- Office, medical, professional and administrative, up to 5,000 square feet and no more than 2 stories.
- Religious uses up to 5,000 square feet.
- Libraries up to 5,000 square feet.
Class 3:
- Residential uses greater than 6 units per acre or over 2 stories.
- Offices, medical, professional, administrative and banks up to 50,000 square feet.
- Hotels and motels up to 50,000 square feet.
- Libraries over 5,000 square feet.
Religious uses over 5,000 square feet.
- Educational uses.
- Public and utility uses and structures, other than their offices, up to 50,000 square feet.
- Commercial parking lots.
Class 4:
- Offices over 50,000 square feet.
- Commercial and retail uses, including storage and warehouses, except vehicle service, up to 50,000 square feet.
- Ball fields.
- Hotels and motels over 50,000 square feet.
- Manufacturing, fabrications, or industrial with no emissions, including sound out of the building, and no wastewater pretreatment (no emission industrial) up to 50,000 square feet.
Class 5:
- Commercial and retail uses, including storage and warehouses, except vehicle service, up to 200,000 square feet.
- No emission industrial up to 200,000 square feet.
- Vehicle service1 up to 50,000 square feet.
- Industrial, manufacturing and fabrication up to 50,000 square feet.
Class 6:
- Commercial and retail uses, including storage and warehouses, except vehicle service, 200,000 square feet or greater.
- No emission industrial over 200,000 square feet.
- Vehicle service2 over 50,000 square feet.
- Industrial, manufacturing, and fabrication over 50,000 square feet.
1. The land use class is the principal, not accessory, uses except for vehicle service, including gasoline service. Regardless of other uses on the lot, if vehicle service is part, then the class is vehicle service.
2. Shopping centers will be considered in the commercial and retail category.
3. For other than shopping centers, mixed use developments on the same lots, when the uses are in the same building, the most intense use will be used. If the buildings on the lot are separated by at least 20 feet, the land use class will apply for each separate building therein.
4. Building area or square feet of a use will be the total area of all buildings on the lot.
5. If the adjacent property is vacant, the vacant property's class shall be determined by the zoning administrator and be based on the vacant land's zoning and land use designation in the adopted village master plan(s).
6. Wooden fencing shall be of commercial grade wood, and all fences and wall materials shall be approved by the Director of Planning or his/her authorized designee.
7. The finished side of the fence of wall shall be erected toward the lower intensity side.
8. If determined necessary, due to topographical changes between the abutting uses, an 8 foot wall or fence may be required.
9. If a building is added on a lot or tract where other buildings exist, and is within 100 feet of an adjoining lower intensity use, the buffer yard standards shall be applied for the new building and with the lot or tract on which the new building is located, not necessarily for the entire lot or tract having the existing buildings, as determined by the Director of Planning.
BUFFER YARD MATRIX | ||||||
Land Use Classes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
1 | A | B | C | D | E | |
2 | A | A | B | C | D | E |
3 | B | B | A | A | C | D |
4 | C | C | A | A | A | A |
5 | D | D | C | A | A | A |
6 | E | E | D | A | A | A |
(Ord. 7-5, passed 1-24-07)