(A) All new non-residential uses and expansions of existing structures shall screen from view from public places and neighboring properties all mechanical equipment, such as but not limited to, air conditioners, or pumps, through the use of features such as berms, fences, false facades or dense landscaping.
(B) Prior to the issuance of certificate of occupancy, screening of mechanical equipment shall be installed or its installation guaranteed as per § 154.270.
(C) Notwithstanding front yard and perimeter buffering and screening requirements prescribed for solar farm(s), §§ 154.098 and 154.240, mechanical equipment that depends on unobstructed access of sources of wind and solar power for alternative energy generation (i.e. solar collectors, wind turbines) is exempt from mechanical equipment screening. Mechanical equipment that is ancillary to such devices (such as pumps, storage tanks, batteries, compressors, etc.) shall be screened as required by this section.
(1981 Code, § 505) (Ord. passed 6-28-2004; Am. Ord. passed 7-6-2015)