A. Intent: To integrate adjacent land uses and provide appropriate transitions from one use to another through the use of building orientation and access, landscaping, and appropriate architectural elements.
B. General Provisions:
1. It is the responsibility of any new proposed use (whether more or less intense) to demonstrate compatibility with any surrounding, existing, adjacent uses. This can be accomplished through appropriate building orientation and setbacks, landscaping, architectural treatment and effective use of fencing and screening walls. Special consideration shall be given to the impact of aesthetics, noise, lighting, and traffic.
2. Buffering may be required between any development and adjacent natural or environmentally sensitive areas. This will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
C. Loading And Service Areas:
1. Location: Loading docks, recycling facilities and other service and utility areas shall be placed to the rear or side of buildings.
2. Screening And Landscaping: Screening and landscaping shall prevent direct views of the loading areas and shall be concealed from all adjacent properties and public rights-of-way through installation of walls, opaque fences, earthen mounds and/or vegetative screening. Screening and landscaping shall also be provided to help mitigate spill-over glare, noise, or exhaust fumes.
D. Mechanical Equipment: Mechanical equipment, rooftop appurtenances, and outdoor storage areas should be screened. Rooftop appurtenances, such as mechanical equipment shall be screened from view from adjacent properties and public rights-of- way whenever practical.
E. Dumpsters And Trash Storage Areas: Every development that is required to provide one or more dumpsters for solid waste collection shall provide sites for such dumpsters that are:
1. Sited to the rear of the building,
2. Compliant with the setbacks required of the building's underlying zone, and,
3. Designed such that they are concealed from all adjacent properties and public rights-of-way through installation of walls, fencing and/or vegetative screening.
F. Outdoor Storage Areas: In the event that a use which will incorporate the outdoor storage of equipment, trucks, trailers, materials, etc., will abut Residentially used or zoned property, such storage areas must either be screened by a solid fence or wall with a minimum height of six feet (6') or be set back from the adjacent residential property line the distance of the minimum setback distance. (Ord. 603, 11-1-2018)