This landscaping standards section applies to the following zoning districts: PR; AG; IA; R1; R2; R3; UR; M1; M2; MP; UV; IS; NC; LC; GC; OC; CB; HC; EP; IC; I1; I2; and HI. The intent of the bufferyard planting standards is to screen more intensive land uses from less intensive land uses through the installation of a landscaped bufferyard. The following standards apply.
(A) Project applicability.
(1) Conflicting districts. Bufferyards shall be installed along side and rear property lines where conflicting zoning districts meet, as indicated on Table LA-A. An “R” on Table LA-A indicates a bufferyard shall be required.
(2) Responsibility. The owner of a property that is more intense shall be responsible for installing the bufferyard at the time the property is rezoned, developed and/or improved. In the event a property is rezoned, resulting in a conflict with an existing and more intense use or zoning district, then the bufferyard shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property that has the less intense zoning (i.e., the newly rezoned property).
(B) Design.
(1) Depth. Bufferyards shall be 20 feet in width along the entire segment of property line which is contiguous to the lesser intense zoning district. A required buffer yard shall not count toward minimum setback requirements.
(2) Placement. Landscape materials shall be installed within the bufferyard such that visual breaks from differing intensity land uses are no greater than ten feet as measured perpendicular to adjacent property lines.
(3) Plant quantities. The following shall be the minimum requirements for landscape materials in the bufferyard.
(a) One evergreen tree per 12 feet of contiguous boundary with the conflicting zoning district shall be planted.
(b) One shrub per eight feet of contiguous boundary with the conflicting zoning district shall be planted.
Table LA-A: Buffer Yards Required | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PR
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AG
|
IA
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
UR
|
M1
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M2
|
MP
|
UV
|
IS
|
NC
|
LC
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GC
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OC
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CB
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HC
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EP
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IC
|
I1
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I2
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HI
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Table LA-A: Buffer Yards Required | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PR
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AG
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IA
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R1
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R2
|
R3
|
UR
|
M1
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M2
|
MP
|
UV
|
IS
|
NC
|
LC
|
GC
|
OC
|
CB
|
HC
|
EP
|
IC
|
I1
|
I2
|
HI
| |
PR | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||||||||||
AG | R | R | |||||||||||||||||||||
IA | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
R1 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||
R2 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||
R3 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||
UR | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||||||||
M1 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||||
M2 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||||||||
MP | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||||||||
UV | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||||||||
IS | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||||||
NC | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||||||||||
LC | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||||||||
GC | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||||||
OC | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||
CB | R | R | |||||||||||||||||||||
HC | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||||||
EP | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||||||||
IC | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||||
I1 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||||
I2 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||
HI | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
(Ord. 10-2010, passed - -2010, § 5.49, table)