8-3B-6: LANDSCAPED BUFFERS:A. The installation of landscaped buffers between potentially incompatible uses and along public roads in accordance with table 3 of this section and the detailed performance standards of chapter 7 of this title shall be required. Buffers along lakes and streams are required by subsection 8-3A-4B of this chapter.B. A plan to provide for the retention of existing vegetation to serve buffering functions is required and shall be submitted prior to permit application. TABLE 3 LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS
Zoning District | Situation | Buffer Width (Feet) | Height Adjustment | |
Highway corridor | Commercial use > boundary with Hauser Hills | 50 | 0.25:1 | |
Commercial use > Idaho Highway 53 | 20 | none | ||
Cloverleaf and Hauser Lake Roads | 20 | none | ||
Commercial use > any other property line | ||||
Rathdrum prairie | Industrial use > any property line, including road frontages | 50 | 0.25:1 | |
Note: The basic buffer width given in this table is for a level or nearly level buffer area with a lawn or other low ground cover and a minimum of 4 major trees in each 100 linear feet of buffer. The height adjustment is added to the basic buffer width when the use being buffered has buildings over 35 feet in height. The height adjustment ratio indicates how many feet of buffer width must be added for each foot of building height over 35 feet. See chapter 7 of this title for detailed performance standards for the construction of landscaped buffers.(Ord. 149, 10-22-2008)