(a) For the use districts and uses listed below, there shall be provided and maintained on those sides abutting or adjacent to a Residential District an obscuring wall. Required walls shall be located adjacent to the lot line except where underground utilities interfere and except in instances where this Zoning Code requires conformance with yard setback lines. Upon review of the site plan, the Planning Commission may approve an alternate location for the wall, or may modify the wall requirement by approving either an earth berm or evergreen screen in its place. The Planning Commission may also waive the wall requirement if, in specific cases where natural or man-made barriers exist, the same would accomplish the same obscuring effect and, due to these circumstances, the Planning Commission would find that no good purpose would be served by compliance with the requirements of this section.
(b) The height of the wall shall be in accordance with the following schedule measured from the surface of the parking area or land on the nonresidential side of the wall:
Use Height Requirements
(1) "C" Districts (on 4'-6" to 6'-0"
those sides adjacent to
single-family residential
districts)
(2) "A", "RA" and "B" Districts 4'-6" to 6'-0"
(3) "I" Districts, storage 5'-0" to 8'-0" (height
areas, loading and shall provide the
unloading areas, and most complete obscuring
service areas possible)
(4) Off-street parking 4'-6"
area (other than the
above districts)
(5) Hospital-ambulance 6'-0"
and delivery areas
(6) Public utility 6'-0"
buildings, stations,
and/or substations
(c) In the case of variable wall height requirements such as in paragraphs (b)(1), (2) and (3) hereof, the extent of an obscuring wall shall be determined by the Planning Commission on the basis of land usage, provided that no wall or berm shall be less than the above required minimum, nor greater than the above required maximum height.
(d) Required walls shall have no openings for vehicular traffic or other purposes, except as otherwise provided in this Zoning Code and except such openings as may be approved by the Planning Commission. All walls herein required shall be constructed of materials approved by the Building Official to be durable, weather resistant, and easily maintained.
(e) The requirement for an obscuring wall between off-street parking areas, outdoor storage areas, and any abutting residential district may be waived at the discretion of the Planning Commission when such areas are located more than two hundred (200) feet distant from an abutting Residential District.
(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)