Railroad rights-of-way and limited access highways where so located as to affect the subdivision of adjoining lands shall be treated as follows:
A. In residential districts a buffer strip at least twenty-five feet in depth in addition to the normal depth of the lot required in the district shall be provided adjacent to the railroad right-of-way or limited access highway. This strip shall be part of the platted lots and shall be designated on the plat: “This strip is reserved for screening. The placement of structures, except for street signs and lighting, hereon is prohibited.”
B. In districts zoned for business, commercial, or industrial uses, the nearest street extending parallel or approximately parallel to the railroad shall, wherever practicable, be at a sufficient distance therefrom to ensure suitable depth for commercial or industrial sites.
C. Streets parallel to the railroad when intersecting a street which crosses the railroad at grade shall, to the extent practicable, be a distance of at least one hundred fifty feet from the railroad right-of-way. Such a distance shall be determined with due consideration of the minimum distance required for future separation of grades by means of appropriate approach gradients.
(Ord. 1179 § 4.3(B)(3))