The regulations of this Section are intended to establish buffer yards associated with development activity within the Village of Pinehurst and its ETJ. Buffer yards help to moderate visual contact, create spatial separation, and minimize adverse impacts on adjacent properties resulting from development. Buffer yards also help to reduce the visual effects and the impacts of traffic, noise, dust, and odor as well as to protect the privacy of neighbors. The Village values its existing tree canopy, and these regulations also provide incentives that allow existing qualifying trees to be used as part of the buffers required by this Section. By doing so, these regulations will preserve and enhance the visual character of Village and the ETJ and lessen the impacts of the development.
(Ord. 21-06, passed - -)