1294.06 BUFFERYARD REQUIREMENTS
WHEN...
IS PROPOSED TO ABUT...
A MINIMUM BUFFERYARD OF...
WHEN...
IS PROPOSED TO ABUT...
A MINIMUM BUFFERYARD OF...
Any commercial land use
Any RSF-L, RSF-M, RTF, RMF, or I-O zone
A.   If proposed; a wall or fence should be three (3) to seven (7) feet in height and placed at the nonresidential property line. Industrial uses shall provide a fence of six (6) to eight (8) feet in height. The area between such wall or fence and the property line shall be treated with plantings to form a permanent landscaped area.
or
B.   If proposed; a greenbelt should be a strip along the property line of at least ten (10) feet in width. Such greenbelt shall be planted and maintained with evergreens such as spruce, pine or firs at least five (5) feet in height or a hedge of evergreens at least four (4) feet in height, situated so as to provide an effective and permanent visual buffer. The portion of the landscaped area not covered by plantings shall be kept in a healthy growing condition and neat and orderly in appearance. Fences used for buffering purposes shall provide 100 percent opacity upon erection and shall be constructed of wood, stone, concrete or brick as approved by the Planning Commission.
Any office land use
Any RSF-L, RSF-M, RTF, RMF, or I-O zone
Any industrial land use
Any RSF-L, RSF-M, RTF, RMF, I-O, NC, BCO or GC zone
Any multi-family land use
Any RSF-L, RSF-M, or RTF zone
Any institutional land use
Any RSF-L, RSF-M, or RTF zone
A parking area associated with any zone or land use except single-household residences
Any public or private street R.O.W.
10' perimeter screening easement with shrubs a minimum of 3 feet in height which forms an opaque screen and visual barrier.
Any adjacent property line
6 1/2' perimeter screening easement with shrubs a minimum of 3 feet in height which forms an opaque screen and visual barrier.
 
(Ord. 2000-128. Passed 12-6-00.)