(a) PURPOSE
. The provisions of this section are intended to provide specific landscape screening and bufferyard requirements to reduce the incompatibility between zoning districts of different intensity and type. These bufferyards will lessen the adverse impact of more intense land uses upon residential areas and/or other areas of less intense use by reducing noise, visual and other environmental impacts.
(b) REQUIREMENTS
. In addition to landscaping and screening requirements for street frontage areas, paved areas, building foundations and general yard areas, these bufferyard standards will also apply to all developments, other than one- and two-family dwellings. The bufferyard requirement is determined by the difference between the zoning district of the subject property and the zoning district of adjacent properties. The specific requirements are identified in the following sections and in Table 35-5207.1 “Schedule of Bufferyard Requirements." Bufferyards are required only along interior property lines that abut another property and not along streets or right-of-ways.
(c) DESCRIPTION OF BUFFERYARD TYPES A THROUGH D
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(1) Type A Buffer
. The standard buffer within Type A is 8 feet wide and contains the following number of required plants per 100 feet:
a. one large deciduous tree;
b. one small deciduous tree;
c. one evergreen tree; and
d. six shrubs.
Depending on the space available, the applicant may choose one of several alternative buffer widths to provide a Type A buffer, each with a different amount of required plantings reflected as a multiplier of the required plant units per 100 feet. The alternatives include the following:
a. 20 foot wide buffer with 50% of the required plant units per 100 feet;
b. 16 foot wide buffer with 60% of the required plant units per 100 feet;
c. 12 foot wide buffer with 80% of the required plan units per 100 feet;
d. 4 foot wide buffer with 90% of the required plant units and a continuous hedge set back three feet from the property line or fence.
(2) Type B Buffer
. The standard buffer with Type B is 10 feet wide and contains the following number of required plant per 100 feet:
a. two large deciduous trees;
b. two small deciduous trees;
c. two evergreen trees; and
d. six shrubs.
Depending on the space available, the applicant may choose one of several alternative buffer widths to provide a Type B buffer, each with a proportionate amount of required plantings. Type B buffer alternatives range from a 25 foot wide buffer with 50% of the required plantings to a 5 foot wide buffer with 90% of the required plantings and a continuous hedge or fence.
(3) Type C Buffer
. The standard buffer within Type C is 15 feet wide and contains the following number of required plantings per 100 feet:
a. three large deciduous trees;
b. two small deciduous trees;
c. three evergreen trees; and
d. nine shrubs.
Depending on the space available, the applicant may choose one of several alternative buffer widths to provide a Type C buffer, each with a proportionate amount of required plantings. Type C buffer alternatives range from a 25 foot wide buffer with 60% of the required plantings to a six foot wide buffer with 90% of the required plantings and a continuous fence.
(4) Type D Buffer. The standard buffer within Type D is 15 feet wide and contains the following number of required plants per 100 feet:
a. three large deciduous trees;
b. two small deciduous trees;
c. five evergreen trees; and
d. fifteen shrubs.
Depending on the space available, the applicant may choose one of several alternative buffer widths to provide a Type D buffer, each with a proportionate amount of required plantings. Type D buffer alternatives range from a 25 foot wide buffer with 60% of the required plantings to an 8 foot wide buffer with 90% of the required plantings and a continuous fence.
SUBJECT PROPERTY | ZONING OF ADJACENT PROPERTY | |||||||||||||
R-2 | R-4 | R-6 | C-2 | O-1 | ORT | B-1 | NC | B-2 | B-3 | B-4 | I-1 | I-2 | ||
R-2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
R-4 | A | N | N | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
R-6 | A | N | N | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
C-2 | A | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
O-1 | A | A | A | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
ORT | D | D | D | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
B-1 | B | A | A | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
NC | B | A | A | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
B-2 | C | B | B | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
B-3 | C | B | B | B | C | C | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
B-4 | C | C | C | B | C | C | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
I-1 | C | C | C | C | D | C | B | B | A | N | N | N | N | |
I-2 | D | D | D | D | D | C | B | B | A | A | A | N | N | |
SUBJECT PROPERTY | ZONING OF ADJACENT PROPERTY | ||||||||||||||||||
R-2 | R-4 | R-6 | C-2 | O-1 | ORT | B-1 | NC | B-2 | B-3 | B-4 | I-1 | I-2 | |||||||
R-2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
R-4 | A | N | N | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
R-6 | A | N | N | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
C-2 | A | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
O-1 | A | A | A | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
ORT | D | D | D | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
B-1 | B | A | A | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
NC | B | A | A | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
B-2 | C | B | B | B | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
B-3 | C | B | B | B | C | C | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
B-4 | C | C | C | B | C | C | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||||
I-1 | C | C | C | C | D | C | B | B | A | N | N | N | N | ||||||
I-2 | D | D | D | D | D | C | B | B | A | A | A | N | N | ||||||
A – Type A Bufferyard | B – Type B Bufferyard | C – Type C Bufferyard | |||||||||||||||||
D – Type D Bufferyard | N – No Buffer Required | ||||||||||||||||||