All required landscaping and screening yards shall meet the following requirements, as applicable:
When | Is Proposed to Abut | A Minimum Screening Yard of ..... | Required Plant and Screening Material |
(a) Any Commercial Use | 25' side and/or rear screening yard is required with.... | EITHER: Trees from List A, 25'-35' on-center plus a double row 6' hedge from List E; OR 6' wall, fence or mount plus 3' hedge from List D plus trees from List A, 25' to 35' on-center; OR Double row, staggered planting of trees from List C, 15' on-center Exception for nonconforming residence added as a result of 2/1 work session. 25' screening yard would not be required when a C use is next to a nonconforming house | |
(b) Any Industrial Use | Any Residential Zone | 50' side and/or rear screening yard is required with... | EITHER: 40' wide, 6' tall mound plus a double row of staggered trees from List C, 15' on-center; OR Double row of staggered trees from List C, 15' on-center plus double row of mixed trees from Lists A, B and C, 20' on-center; OR Existing trees and brush forming a solid screen, provided that any disturbance in 50' screening yard is replaced with above. |
(c) Any Multiple Family Use | Any Residential Zone or Use (Except Another Multiple Family Use) | 15' side and/or rear screening yard is required with... | EITHER: Trees from List A, 25' to 35' on-center plus a double row 6' hedge from List E; OR 6' wall, fence, or mound with trees from List A, 25' to 35' on-center; OR Double row, staggered planting of trees from List C, 15' on-center. |
(d) Any School, Church or Institutional Use | Any Residential Zone or Land | 15' side and/or rear screening yard is required with... | EITHER: staggered double row of evergreens and trees from Lists B and C, 15' on-center plus a single row of 6' tall hedge from List E; OR 6' tall wall or fence and trees from List A, 25'-35' on- center |
When | Is Proposed to Abut | A Minimum Screening Yard... | Required Plant and Screening Material |
(e) Any Commercial Use | Public or Private or Private Right-of- Way | 10% of total front yard area not used for parking or circulation must be landscaped with... | |
(f) Any Industrial Use | Public or Private Right-of-Way | 5% of total front yard area must be landscaped with... | Trees, shrubs, planting beds, and/or perennial borders and beds in a design selected by the owner. |
(g) Parking Area for any use other than industrial or single family residence* | Public or Private Right-of-Way | 10' perimeter screening strip adjacent to right-of- way with... | EITHER: Trees from List A, 25' to 35' on-center with a row of shrubs from List D or E, 3' to 4' on-center; OR Trees from List B, 20' to 30' on-center with a row of shrubs from List D or E, 3' to 4' on-center (1 tree minimum) Corridor Plan (page 75) recommends adding 3' to 4' spacing for shrubs Change from 5' to 10' right of way strip suggested at 2/1 work session |
(h) Parking Area, except industrial land uses | Not Applicable | Interior landscaping area of at least 20 square feet per parking space | |
(i) | Subsection (i) eliminated as result of 2/1 work session - conflicts with (a). |
* Perimeter screening may also count as parking area perimeter and headlight screening.