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CITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO CODIFIED ORDINANCES
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CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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1288.05 APPLICABILITY.
   (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.)
1288.06 PROCEDURES.
   (a)   When an application for a building permit is made, the Building Commissioner shall determine if the buffering requirement might be applicable. If he or she determines that the request comes under the buffering requirement, the Building Commissioner shall so advise the applicant and shall submit a request to the Planning Commission that the matter be reviewed once the applicant has furnished the Commission with the following:
      (1)   A copy of the site plan;
      (2)   The topography of the building site and surrounding area; and
      (3)   A complete description of the area to be constructed or modified.
   (b)   The applicant shall provide the Planning Commission with a detailed description and sketch of the landscape buffer, preferably prepared by a landscaping expert, which visually and verbally outlines the nature and the effect other proposed landscape buffer.
   (c)   The Planning Commission may request photographs or other descriptive data if the Commission deems such data necessary.
   (d)   The Planning Commission shall notify all owners by regular mail immediately adjacent to the property in question prior to any meeting at which the landscape buffering requirement will appear on the agenda.
   (e)   A certificate of occupancy shall not be granted until buffering requirements have been completed or until a performance bond has been posted. The amount of the performance bond shall be determined by an estimate by a landscape contractor and confirmation by the City Engineer and the Building Commissioner. If compliance is delayed because of the growth season, a cash bond, in an amount to be determined by the City Engineer, shall be posted to ensure the compliance by the next growing season. Such delay should not extend beyond the next growing season following the date upon which the certificate of occupancy is requested.
   (f)   Where buffering is required, a building permit shall not be issued by the Building Commissioner until an agreement has been reached between the applicant and the City as to the buffering requirement. The agreement between the City and the owner and/or developer shall include, among other requirements, provisions for the following:
      (1)   Maintenance of the landscape buffer on the part of the applicant;
      (2)   Replacement procedures for any portion of the landscape buffer that is for any reason no longer viable;
      (3)   Replacement of the landscape buffer involving plant material that does not extend beyond the next growing season;
      (4)   Replacement of landscape material such as fences; and
      (5)   Replacement of landscape material within sixty days from the date of notification by the Building Commissioner of noncompliance.
   (g)   All information pertaining to procedures shall be in writing and retained by the Building Commissioner.
(Ord. 1982-129. Passed 3-16-83.)
1288.07 APPEALS.
   Any decision or determination by the Building Commissioner or the Planning Commission pertaining to buffering requirements may be appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(Ord. 1982-129. Passed 3-16-83.)
1288.08 VIOLATIONS.
    Whoever has control of any land or structure whereon or wherein a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter occurs, and any other person who assists in the commission of any such violation, shall be guilty of a separate offense and shall be liable to the penalty provided in Section 1262.99.
(Ord. 1982-129. Passed 3-16-83.)