Buffer yards maintain an appropriate relationship between adjacent development by clarifying the delineation between properties and creating attractive and effective buffers between uses.
(a) Where the parking lot or a drive-thru/drive-in facility of a non-residential use or district abuts a residential district along the interior side or rear lot line, a buffer yard of ten (10) feet must be provided along the interior side lot line and/or rear lot line.
(b) The buffer yard shall be landscaped as follows:
(1) A screen fence or wall six (6) feet in height is required. In front and corner side yard the fence or wall shall be three (3) feet in height. Screen fences must be solid and made of wood, simulated wood or masonry. Chain-link fences are prohibited.
(2) A single hedge row planted with one (1) shrub every thirty-six (36) inches on center, spaced linearly. The shrubs must measure a minimum of twenty-four (24) inches at planting, and a minimum of thirty-six (36) inches to a maximum of forty-eight (48) inches in height at maturity.
(3) One (1) shade tree for every twenty-five (25) linear feet of the adjacent property line.
(4) The remainder of the area must be planted with turf or live groundcover.
(Ord. 105-2017. Passed 1-16-18.)