The following Buffer Requirement Matrix indicates the type of Landscaping and Buffering required between a proposed land use and an adjacent land use. To determine the type of buffering a proposed development must install, begin under the proposed use and follow that line across the page to its intersection with the adjacent use adjoins the property to be developed. For each intersecting square that contains a landscaping requirement, the developer must install the appropriate level of landscaping and buffering indicated.
(a) The proposed land use designations contained in the following Buffer Requirement Matrix are the basic land use types. The designations refer to types of buffering as described in Section 1168.12 (Types of Landscaping and Buffering) of this Chapter.
(b) If the proposed use is an existing use, but the required buffering is not in place, then such lack of buffering shall constitute a nonconforming situation, subject to all the provisions of Chapter 1169
Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots.
BUFFERING REQUIREMENT MATRIX | |||
ADJACENT USE | |||
PROPOSED USE | residential | commercial | industrial |
Residential - Single family/two family - Multi-family - Rooming house | general landscape no buffering required Buffer A Buffer A | general landscaping Buffer A Buffer A Buffer A | general landscaping Buffer C Buffer C Buffer C |
Commercial - Food Establishment - Professional and Personal Services - Retail - Automotive sales and services - Institutions | general landscaping Buffer B Buffer A Buffer B Buffer C Buffer B | general landscaping Buffer A Buffer A Buffer A Buffer B Buffer A | general landscaping Buffer A Buffer A Buffer A Buffer B Buffer A |
Industrial | general landscaping Buffer D | general landscaping Buffer D | general landscaping Buffer D |
Parking with 50 spaces or greater | Buffer D | Buffer D | Buffer A |
(Ord. 2014-09. Passed 2-19-14.)