(a) Screening in Particular Districts. The development standards for particular districts require the installation of screen or buffer areas of side or rear yards that are adjacent to districts where residences are permitted uses. When required by the specific district development standards, such screening shall consist of walls, landscaped earthen mounds, fences, natural vegetation or an acceptable combination of these elements. Such areas shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet wide and contain screening at least seven (7) feet in height at the time of planting except as required by subsection (b) hereof. The use of year-round vegetation, such as pines or evergreens, is encouraged. Landscaped screening shall have at least seventy-five percent (75%) opacity during full foliage.
(b) Maintenance of Shrubbery and Hedges. In any district, no shrubbery, hedge and/or other vegetation shall be planted, in such a manner that any portion of growth extends beyond the property line. The owner or occupant of property on which there is shrubbery, hedges, trees and/or other vegetation located so as to affect the vision of drivers on adjacent streets shall keep such vegetation trimmed to a maximum of thirty (30) inches in height, as measured from the elevation of the center line of the adjacent street, and keep trees trimmed so as to avoid covering or obscuring of traffic visibility or traffic control signals.
(Ord. 27-11. Passed 3-14-11.)