(A) Where any business or industrial use, or any multiple-family dwelling is located on a lot abutting an R-1 or R-2 residential lot, the following regulations shall apply to the lot on which such business or industrial use or such multiple-family dwelling is located:
1. There shall be a solid fence or natural screening, as determined by the code enforcement officer, constructed in conformity with applicable village ordinances, extending the full length of the abutting lot line, except that no such solid fence or natural screening shall extend beyond the corner side yard setback or beyond the front yard setback.
2. In all districts or special uses allowing outdoor storage, a six foot (6') high hedge or screening shall be planted to enclose all areas which are visually exposed to the front yard.
3. Garbage and refuse containers and collection areas shall be screened from view from the abutting residential use and from the street.
4. Parking area lighting shall be screened, shrouded or of such type so as not to interfere with the quiet enjoyment of the abutting residential use or adjoining property. Specific lighting design and illumination shall be approved by the code enforcement officer.
(B) When required by this title, screening shall be designed, planted, or constructed and maintained in such a way as to comply with the intent of the several zoning districts. Plans for such screening shall be approved by the village as well as being developed in terms of the following general guidelines:
1. Type: The use of natural vegetation and grasses on earth berms should be used whenever possible.
(a) No screening should interfere with sight requirements for safe ingress and egress.
(b) Earthen berms shall have a side slope not less than three feet (3') horizontal to one foot (1') vertical.
(c) Visual screens consisting of evergreen, or evergreen type hedges or shrubs, shall be six feet (6') high, and spaced at intervals of not more than six feet (6'), located and maintained in good condition.
2. Height:
(a) Screening: Screening should be of sufficient height to adequately screen areas from adjacent property lines, but may not be higher than six feet (6') without a variance, excluding natural vegetation growth.
(b) Maximum Height: No fence or wall for screening shall be erected, placed, or maintained along a lot line of any nonresidential zoned property, adjacent to residential zoned property to a height exceeding six feet (6').
(c) Minimum Height: Screening between rear and side lot lines of commercial, industrial, or other uses and not adjacent to residential properties shall be minimum of six feet (6') high. Proper screening materials shall be approved by the code enforcement officer. (Ord. 99-06, 6-21-1999)