(A) Application. Screening is required between adjacent zoning districts indicated in the table in § 151.218(B) when one or more of the following conditions in the more intensive zoning district is directly visible from and faces toward the boundary of the less intensive zoning district:
(1) The rear elevation of buildings;
(2) Outdoor storage areas or storage tanks, unless otherwise screened;
(3) Loading docks, refuse collection points and other service areas;
(4) Major machinery or areas housing a manufacturing process;
(5) Major on-site traffic circulation areas or truck and/or trailer parking; and
(6) Sources of glare, noise or other environmental effects.
(B) Opaque barrier. A six-foot, opaque barrier shall be provided which visually screens the conditions listed in this section from less intensive uses as follows:
(1) A solid wood, vinyl and/or masonry fence or wall at least six feet in height;
(2) A landscaping screen, using evergreen or deciduous materials, capable of providing a substantially opaque hedge-like barrier and attaining a minimum height of six feet within three years of planting;
(3) A landscaped earth berm with a maximum slope of three to one, rising no less than six feet above the existing grade of the lot line separating the zoning districts; and
(4) Any combination of these methods that achieves a cumulative height of six feet.
(C) Location of screening wall. A screening wall or fence shall be installed within the required buffer yard.
(D) Screening; effect on drainage. Screening shall not adversely affect surface water drainage.
(Ord. 23-09, passed 8-21-2023)