(a) When Required. Landscaped buffer areas for rear and side yards shall be mandatory between the Single-Family House District or Two-Family House District and the Multifamily Residential District, and between any existing residential uses or zones and new nonresidential development in an abutting Shopping Center, Retail Business, Office Building, Commercial-Manufacturing, Industrial and Research Manufacturing or Automobile Parking District, nursing homes, and public facilities.
(Ord. 12-93. Passed 4-5-93.)
(b) Location. Landscaped buffer areas shall be located on the lot containing the more intensive (higher density) residential land use or, in the case of a residential lot or district abutting a nonresidential use or district, the lot that proposes to contain the nonresidential use or district. In either case, a landscaped buffer shall be placed on the portion of the lot's land area that abuts the less intensive lot or zoning district.
(c) Minimum Width. The minimum width of a landscaped buffer shall be as per the following schedule:
Lot Size (sq. ft.) | Side Yard(s) (ft.) | Rear Yard (ft.) |
Up to 90,000 | 12 | 12 |
90,001 - 130,000 | 16 | 16 |
130,001 - 170,000 | 20 | 20 |
170,001 - 250,000 | 24 | 24 |
250,001 - 370,000 | 30 | 30 |
370,001 - 550,000 | 36 | 36 |
550,001 - 730,000 | 42 | 42 |
730,001 - 910,000 | 48 | 48 |
910,001 - 1,150,000 | 54 | 54 |
1,150,001 and over | 60 | 60 |
(Ord. 138-90. Passed 12-16-91.)