A. Purpose: The purpose of this Section 7.4.909 is to ensure that development establishes vegetative screening or walls and fences to shield loading, storage, and service areas from view from adjoining properties, public rights-of-way, and private streets.
B. Applicability and Exceptions: The standards in this Section 7.4.909 apply to all development except the following:
1. Attached and detached single-family and two-family dwellings in a single structure located on a single lot; or
2. Along property lines between adjacent properties in the LI or GI zone districts.
C. Required Screening:
1. Areas to be Screened: Screening that meets the standards of this Subsection 7.4.909C is required in the following areas to screen them view from adjacent properties and public or private streets or walkways:
a. Around any refuse or recycling collection areas, including trash bins;
b. Around any loading or utility service area, drive-throughs, vehicle repair bay, or vehicle fueling area;
c. Around any stormwater water quality and/or detention facility in a residential zone district or a residential component of a mixed-use development or PDZ district; and
d. Within ten (10) feet of any ground floor façade of a parking garage that is not occupied by a non-parking ground floor use and is visible from an adjacent property or public or private street
2. Screening Standards: The required screening shall meet the following standards:
a. All refuse collection areas adjacent to streets and properties shall have an opaque screen fence or wall and vegetative screen plants at least seven (7) feet in height.
b. All loading or utility service area, drive-throughs, vehicle repair bay, or vehicle fueling areas shall be screened with a vegetative screen.
c. If a vegetative screen is installed, plants shall be a fastigiated form of plant species and shall comply with all applicable standards in the Landscape Policy Manual.
d. A fence or wall shall comply with the standards of Section 7.4.910 (Fences and Walls).
e. Required foundation plantings along facades of parking garages shall comply with Section 7.4.906 (Property Edge Landscape Buffers). (Ord. 23-03)