1. Application. Screening is required between adjacent zoning districts indicated in Table 171.2 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:
A. Outdoor storage areas or storage tanks, unless otherwise screened.
B. Loading docks, refuse collection points, and other service areas.
C. Major machinery or areas housing a manufacturing process.
D. Major on-site traffic circulation areas or truck and/or trailer parking.
E. Sources of glare, noise, or other environmental effects.
F. Bailing or stockpiling of cardboard or other shipping or packaging materials.
G. Surface parking lots with 150 or more stalls directly adjacent to less intensive districts.
2. Opaque Barrier. A six-foot opaque barrier shall be provided which visually screens the conditions listed in subsection 1 of this section from less intensive uses as follows:
A. A solid wood, PVC, and/or masonry fence or wall at least six feet in height.
B. A landscaping screen, using evergreen, such as Arborvitae, capable of providing a substantially opaque, hedge-like barrier and attaining a minimum height of six feet within three years of planting.
C. 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.
D. Any combination of these methods that achieves a cumulative height of six feet.
(Ord. 1538 - Sep. 21 Supp.)
3. Screening Effect on Drainage. Screening shall not adversely affect surface water drainage.
4. Permitted Interruptions of Screening. Screening may be interrupted to provide access drives to service areas or for loading purposes to buildings. Such breaks or interruptions shall not exceed 20% of the length of the required screened area.