Landscaping and screening regulations are established to:
(a) Protect residential and other environments from adverse effects -- such as noise, odors, and dust -- of more intensive adjacent uses;
(b) Protect users of parking areas from excessive wind, glare, and temperature extremes;
(c) Mitigate the adverse effects on public streets and adjacent properties of noise, blowing dust and debris, and glare from motor vehicle headlights and parking area lighting;
(d) Discourage unsafe access to and circulation in parking areas;
(e) Contribute to improved community appearance and property values and preserve and enhance the established character of
Lakewood neighborhoods;
(f) Preserve privacy in residential areas next to non-residential uses and discourage trespass onto such residential properties;
(g) Provide trees and shrubbery that improve the urban environment by cooling the air and land, reducing carbon dioxide in the air, and producing oxygen;
(h) Compensate for the inability, in a densely developed city like
Lakewood, to buffer incompatible uses by use of wide yards and open spaces.
(Ord. 91-95. Passed 10-7-1996.)