(a) Service Courts and Loading Dock Areas.
(1) For commercial, industrial, office/institutional and community service areas, including access to loading of all these areas, all areas used for service, loading and unloading activities shall be screened along the entire affected lot line to the building setback line, if adjacent to or abutting a residential district. It is the responsibility of the property owner to conduct decibel ratings and propose audible screening. May need to be adjusted, based upon actual screening effect if determined inadequate.
(2) Screening shall consist of walls, fences, natural vegetation or an acceptable combination of these elements. Such standards for special areas shall be presented to the Planning Commission for plan review.
(b) Screening of Trash Container Receptacles. For commercial, community service, industrial, office/institutional and multiple family uses, all trash containers or receptacles shall be screened or enclosed. Trash containers designed to service more than one residential unit or to service a nonresidential structure shall be screened by walls, fences or natural vegetation or an acceptable combination of these elements. Trash containers shall not be located in the front yard building setback and shall be considered the same as loading and access to loading and shall be required to also meet the audible screening section of this chapter and shall be in compliance with the side and rear yard setbacks of the applicable zoning district and have maintained accessible entry to containers. Other requirements regarding screening of receptacles, such as height, will be determined by the Planning Commission or their designee. (Ord. 96-03. Passed 2-26-96.)