(a) Landscape buffering shall be mandatory between dissimilar residential zoning uses and MultiFamily D (RM-D) Districts and between residential uses and zones that abut all Public Facilities, Business and Industrial Districts.
(b) All buffering requirements imposed under the provisions of this chapter shall be installed and constructed before a certificate of occupancy is issued for a new building or structure or before a vehicular use area is used or occupied. No existing building, structure or vehicular use area adjoining a Single-Family or MultiFamily District shall be expanded, altered or modified until the plans are submitted by the owner or developer to the Planning Commission. The Commission shall review such plans to determine if the changes adversely affect any properties in a Single-Family or MultiFamily District. The Commission, after its review, shall require, where necessary, the establishment of a landscape buffering area or a revision of a previously established buffered area.
(c) Owners or developers of off-street parking areas shall be required to include a plan for buffering the parking area. Such plan shall be submitted to the Commission for approval. Such plan may be included as a part of the development plot plan when a submission of a development plot plan is required.
(Ord. 1982-129. Passed 3-16-83.)