(A) Those districts and uses listed below shall be required by the Township Board upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission to construct and maintain on those sides abutting or adjacent to a residential district as specified below one or a combination of the following:
(1) An obscuring masonry wall;
(2) An obscuring fence;
(3) Fence together with a landscaped greenbelt;
(4) An obscuring landscaped greenbelt; and/or
(5) Fencing.
USES | MINIMUM DIMENSION REQUIREMENTS |
B-1, B-2 and RM Districts | Fences: four feet six inches high |
I-1 and I-2 Districts | Obscuring fences: four feet six inches high |
Off-street parking areas | Walls: four feet six inches high |
Utility buildings, stations and/or substations, except that in cases where all equipment is contained within a building or structure constructed so as to be similar in appearance to the residential building in the surrounding area, the Board of Appeals may waive the wall requirements | Fence and greenbelt: four feet six inches high and ten feet wide Landscaped greenbelt: four feet six inches high and ten feet wide |
(B) Required walls shall be located on the lot line except where underground utilities interfere and except in instances where this chapter requires conformance with front yard setback lines in abutting Residential Districts. Required walls may, upon approval of the Board of Appeals, be located on the opposite side of an alley right-of-way from a nonresidential zone that abuts a residential zone when mutually agreeable to affected property owners. The continuity of the required wall on a given block will be a major consideration of the Board of Appeals in reviewing such request.
(C) (1) Such walls and screening barrier shall have no openings for vehicular traffic or other purposes, except as otherwise provided in this chapter and except such openings as may be approved by the Building Inspector. All walls herein required shall be constructed of materials approved by the Building Inspector to be durable, weather resistant, rust proof and easily maintained.
(2) Masonry walls shall be erected on a concrete foundation which shall have a minimum depth of 42 inches below a grade approved by the Building Inspector and shall not be less than four inches wider than the wall to be erected.
(D) The Board of Appeals may waive or modify the foregoing requirements where cause can be shown that no good purpose would be served, provided that in no instance shall a required wall be permitted to be less than four feet six inches in height.
(Ord. passed 10-11-2000) Penalty, see § 153.999