(A) Transitional screening requirements. In any non-residential zoning district where a rear lot line or side lot line coincides with a rear or side lot line of property in an adjacent residential district, buffering and screening shall be required. Such buffering shall consists of landscape planting area that is at least ten feet wide, as well as a single or combination thereof of the following types of screening that must be at least six feet in height at the time of installation.
(1) Well maintained masonry wall or board on board fence;
(2) An offset double row of evergreen trees;
(3) An offset double row of densely planted landscape material; and
(4) A combination of items (1) through (3).
(B) Parking lot screening. All paved service areas, drive aisle and off-street parking areas abutting a Residential District or street shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining a Residential District or adjoining a public way, by a landscape planting area that is at least eight feet wide and includes a well- maintained wall or densely planted compact hedge designated to provide year round opacity.
(1) Along the frontage of a public way, said screening shall consists of a three-foot high continuous row of shrubs that provides year round opacity. In the interest of safety, so that the line of sight will not be obstructed, the minimum height shall be lowered at street intersections and driveways to not less than 18-inches as determined by the Director of Community and Economic Development or designee.
(2) Adjoining a Residential District, said screening shall be at least six feet in height.
(C) Parking lots and garages islands.
(1) All parking lots shall be setback at least eight feet from the side and rear property lines. This open green space shall consist of trees and shrubs in an amount and arrangement that will create an aesthetic visual situation as determined by the village administration.
(2) Landscape islands that are at least nine feet in width and planted with one live shade tree that has a trunk caliper size of two and one-half inches at the time of installation shall be required after every 20 parking stalls and at the end of each row of parking. Open parking areas larger than four spaces but smaller than 20 parking spaces shall provide proportional amounts of open green space and live greenery.
(3) Parking lot islands within garage structures shall be stripped and a minimum of nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in depth.
(D) Refuse areas, outdoor storage lots, off street loading areas, and ground based mechanical equipment.
(1) All refuse areas, containers, off-street loading, and outdoor storage areas within a residential district must be located in the side and/or rear yard and shall be screened by a solid wall or fence that does not exceed six feet in height. All refuse areas, containers, off street loading areas, and outdoor storage areas within a non-residential district, must be located in the rear or side yard and shall be screened within an enclosure that does not exceed eight feet and provides year round opacity.
(2) Ground based mechanical equipment shall be screened by an architecturally compatible screen wall or dense landscaping that provides year round opacity.
(E) Detention and retention basins. Landscaping shall be required along the perimeter of detention and retention basins in order to minimize their negative visual impact. Such landscaping shall consist of trees and shrubs in an amount and arrangement that will create an aesthetic visual situation as determined by the village administration.
(F) Foundation landscaping. Foundation landscaping shall be provided on those sides of the building which face a public right-of- way. The foundation landscaping shall be located in a planting bed that is at least five feet in width. Such landscaping shall consist of trees and shrubs in an amount and arrangement that will create an aesthetic visual situation as determined by the village administration.
(G) Ground cover. Grass or other ground cover shall be planted over all landscaped areas including berms, except in areas planted in flowers, shrubs or trees, so as to present a finished appearance. Non-living landscaping materials such as stone, rocks, or barks may be substituted for living ground cover.
(H) Roof-mounted mechanical equipment. All mechanical equipment located on the roof of any building shall be fully screened by a parapet wall or structure that is architecturally compatible with the principal building. The screening shall not be less than 12 inches higher than the highest point of such equipment. The parapet wall or similar structure shall be made of the same materials as the principal façade of the building except only if other materials are approved in advance in writing by the village administration.
(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 17-O-32, passed 10-3-2017; Ord. 18-O-14, passed 5-15-2018; Ord. 19-O-06, passed 3-5-2019; Ord. 19-O-20, passed 9-17-2019)