One of the following street landscaping options is required on land abutting village street rights-of-way or where otherwise referenced.
(A) Greenbelt. A greenbelt meeting the following standards:
(1) Minimum width of ten feet. The Planning Commission and/or Zoning Commission, as required, may permit the width of the greenbelt to be reduced in cases where existing conditions do not permit a ten-foot width and in the Central Business District where it is desirable to maintain a shallow front setback in keeping with the character of the Central Business District. In such cases, the greenbelt requirement may be met through the provision of street trees within the four-foot street furniture zone at the curb, or the provision of landscaping as required below;
(2) At least one deciduous tree (minimum two and one-half-inch caliper) and four minimum 24-inch high shrubs per each 40 lineal feet of street frontage. Location of the trees and shrubbery is discretionary (refer to § 157.173). In the Central Business District, additional canopy trees may be provided in lieu of the requirement for shrubs at the rate of one additional canopy tree for every four required shrubs;
(3) The greenbelt area shall contain grass, vegetation ground cover, six-inch shredded bark mulch, or six-inch deep crushed stone on a weed barrier, excluding marble chips or lava rock, and curbed or edged as necessary. Steel, aluminum, or black plastic edging shall be used for any planting beds; and
(4) Where headlights from parked vehicles will shine into the roadway, the Planning Commission and/or Zoning Commission, as required, may require use of a totally obscuring hedge with a minimum height of 24 inches and a maximum height of 36 inches.
(B) Berms. A combination of a raised earth berm and plantings meeting the following standards:
(1) Minimum height of two feet with a crest at least three feet in width. The height of the berm may meander if the intent of this subchapter is met and an appropriate screen is provided;
(2) The exterior face of the berm shall be constructed as an earthen slope, with a slope not to exceed one foot of vertical rise to three feet of horizontal distance (1:3). The interior face of the berm may be constructed as an earthen slope or retained by means of a wall, terrace, or other means acceptable to the Administrative Official;
(3) At least one deciduous tree (minimum two and a one-half inch caliper) shall be provided for each 30 feet of lineal street berm length;
(4) At least one minimum 24-inch high shrub shall be provided for each 100 square feet of berm surface area (calculated from a plan view);
(5) Berm slopes shall be protected from erosion by sodding or seeding. If slopes are seeded, they shall be protected, until the seed germinates and a permanent lawn is established by a straw mulch, hydro-mulching of netting specifically designed to control erosion; and
(6) The base of any signs placed within the berm shall be at, or below, the average grade along the berm.
(C) Buffer strip.
(1) A buffer strip may be required, particularly where the adjacent uses and those across the street are residential in character or less intense than the use of the subject site. The intent of the buffer strip is to have a minimum five-foot high obscuring area alongside or rear lot lines, and an appropriate landscaped strip along front lot lines.
(2) A buffer strip shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Minimum width of ten feet;
(b) All trees shall be evergreens a minimum eight feet high at planting;
(c) The buffer planting area shall contain grass, vegetation ground cover, six-inch shredded bark mulch, or six-inch deep crushed stone on a weed barrier, excluding marble chips or lava rock, and curbed or edged as necessary. Steel, aluminum, or black plastic edging shall be used for any planting beds; and
(d) The following species and planting spacings are recommended.
Common Name | Scientific Name | Feet on Center |
Common Name | Scientific Name | Feet on Center |
“Burki” Red Cedar | Juniperus in Virginia “B” | 4 |
Canadian Hemlock | Tsuga Canadensis | 12 |
Dark Green | Thuga Nigra | 3 |
Irish Juniper | Juniperus Communis | 3 |
Ketleeri Juniper | Juniperus Chinensis “Ketleeri” | 5 |
Mugo Pine | Pinus Mugo | 5 |
Serbian Spruce | Picea Omoriac | 10 |
White Fir | Abies Concolor | 10 |
White Pine | Pinus Strobos | 10 |
(Ord. 259, passed 10-24-1995; Ord. passed 2-1-2012)