(a) Transition areas. To secure the optimum effect of transition from a Residential District to a nonresidential district, the Planning Commission shall have the power to determine the need for and the amount of planting materials, walls or fences, or any combination of these, on any property line of land under consideration. The plans and specifications, including density and height figures for the overall site development, shall include the proposed arrangement of such plantings and structures.
(b) Rubbish. Screening of outdoor rubbish areas, and dumpsters is required in all zoning districts.
(c) Off-street parking. All off-street parking areas and off-street loading areas that abut a residential district shall as a minimum have a hedge row consisting of a double staggered row of a single species of evergreen shrubs, with a minimum height of forty-eight inches. The shrubs in each row shall be spaced at a maximum of six feet on center or such distance as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and shall be planted in a mulched bed. Screening shall be maintained. Screening that does not interfere with vehicular traffic visibility is permitted in a required yard.
(d) Commercial and industrial uses that abut a residential zone. Any commercial or industrial use that abuts a residential zone shall have on the property line that abuts the residential zone, a hedgerow consisting of a double staggered row of a single species of evergreen shrubs, with a minimum height of forty-eight inches. The shrubs in each row shall be spaced at a maximum of six feet on center or such distance as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and shall be planted in mulched beds. Screening shall be maintained. Screening that does not interfere with vehicular traffic visibility is permitted in a required yard. The Planning and Zoning Commission may require additional plantings or modify these requirements as it deems necessary to provide for a screened buffer to protect adjacent residentially zoned property.
(Ord. 2001-081. Passed 8-6-01.)