All screens or buffers required or provided shall be constructed of any combination of natural and man-made elements to comply with the height and material requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. All vertical screening elements between incompatible land uses and required within the various zoning districts of the Zoning Ordinance shall be a minimum height of six feet. Natural screens made of vegetation having a mature height greater than six feet may be required in cases where the difference in topography and/or intensity of the two uses being screened merits such action. Either type of screening or buffer shall not obscure traffic visibility within fifty feet or reasonable consideration of an intersection. The height of such screen may be adjusted to prevent limits to visibility that may affect safety.
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, screening and buffer areas shall consist of objects:
(1) Kept in good condition;
(2) Free of advertisements of other signs.
(b) Buffer areas shall be landscaped and screened at the discretion of the Planning Commission or their designee whenever applicable.
(c) Screening materials. For the purpose of screening incompatible land uses, the property owner may utilize any combination of the following: masonry wall, wooden fences, earthen mounds, natural vegetation hedges and plantings, open space or any other material approved by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 96-03. Passed 2-26-96.)