(a) Exterior components of plumbing, processing, heating, cooling, and ventilating systems (e.g. including, but not limited to piping, tanks, stacks, collectors, heating, cooling, and ventilating-equipment fans, blowers, ductwork, vents, louvers, meters, compressors, motors, incinerators, ovens, etc.) shall not be directly visible from a height of six feet (6’) above any ground level or ground-floor elevation at a distance closer than two hundred feet (200’) from any abutting residential development or residential zoning district.
(b) Roof mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from view by building parapets that will appear as an integrated part of the overall architectural design of the building.
(c) No exterior components of plumbing, processing, heating, cooling and ventilating systems shall be mounted on the exterior wall of any building unless they are integrated architectural design features of the building.
(d) Transformers that may be visible from any primary visual exposure area shall be screened with either plantings or a durable noncombustible enclosure of a design configuration acceptable to the appropriate utility company. Where possible refuse containers and transformers should be integrated into the same enclosure.
(e) Exterior electrical equipment shall be mounted on the interior of a building wherever possible. When interior mounting is not practical, electrical equipment shall be mounted in a location where it is substantially screened from public view. In no case shall exterior electrical equipment be mounted on the street side or primary entryway side of any building.
(Ord. 01-50. Passed 12-6-01.)