(A) This table describes the landscaping requirements for the buffer easements required between the activities listed in § 81.101.
Landscape Buffer Easement Categories | Minimum Landscape Easement Requirements | ||||
Width | Trees | Bushes | Ground Cover | Barrier | |
Landscape Buffer Easement Categories | Minimum Landscape Easement Requirements | ||||
Width | Trees | Bushes | Ground Cover | Barrier | |
I | 10' | 1 med. or lge. tree within 40 ft. intervals or part thereof | 4’ continuous only w/fence barrier or at 10’ intervals w/ wall or earth mound | Grass or low shrub | 4’ wall, fence, or earth mound |
II | 10' | 1 small to med. tree within 40 ft. intervals or part thereof | 6’ cont. hedge or 3’ w/earth mound | Grass or low shrub | 3’ earth mound or 4’ wall or fence |
III | 15' | Same as I | 6’ cont. hedge w/fence or intermittent planting w/wall | Grass | 6’ wall or fence |
IV | 10' | Same as I | Same as III | Grass | Same as III |
V | 20' | 1 med. or lg. tree within 30’ intervals or part thereof | 6’ continuous only w/fence | Grass | Same as III |
VI | 10' | Same as V | Same as I | Grass or low shrub | Same as I |
VII | 5' | Same as II | 3’ continuous hedge or barrier with intermittent planting | Grass, mulch or crushed stone | 3’ wall or earth mound or hedge |
VIII | 15’ to all boundaries (5’ for substations) | Same as V | 6’ continuous | Grass | Same as III |
(Ord. passed 1-9-73; Am. Ord. passed 7-20-76, § 2)
(B) Location of landscape buffer easements. The easements described in categories I, II, III, and IV of subsection (A) shall apply to all common boundaries as defined in § 81.101. The easements described in categories V, VI, and VII shall apply to the property line adjacent to the freeway or public right-of-way as described in § 81.101. Easements described in category VIII shall apply to all boundaries of the stated activities.
(C) Relationship to yard requirements. The landscape buffer easements set forth in subsection (A) shall be provided in addition to the minimum yard requirements of the appropriate zone.
(D) Responsibility for providing buffer easements. The landscape buffer easements set forth in subsection (A) shall be provided as a condition of development by the owner or developer of the property which creates the incompatible situation. An owner securing a change in zone which creates an incompatible situation shall be deemed the one who creates such situation and shall immediately provide the buffer easement as a condition of the zone change. If the incompatible situation already exists or is created by a general zone change not sponsored by the property owner, the buffer easement shall be provided as a condition of the approval of any subdivision of the affected land.
(E) Inclusion on subdivision plat. Areas to be set aside for landscape buffer easements shall be shown on preliminary subdivision plats. Illustrations including trees, bushes, ground covers, and barriers shall be shown on final subdivision plats.
(F) Easement conflicts. Where landscape easements are required in the same location as utility easements, the two may be combined providing that the total width and screening requirements of subsection 81.102 are met.
(G) Provision of planting materials and barriers. Such trees, bushes, ground covers, and barriers as shall be required and/or shown on the final subdivision plat shall be provided by the owner or developer and considered as any other site improvement. Sufficient bond as may be determined adequate to cover the required improvements may be required to be posted by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. passed 1-9-73)