(a) Function and Materials. Buffering shall be designed to provide a year-round visual and acoustic screen so as to reduce the impacts of or on adjacent land uses. Buffering may consist of fencing, berming, bushes, trees, rocks, or other elements which achieve the intended objective.
(b) Where Required. Every development shall provide buffering when the topography or other barriers do not provide sufficient screening from adjacent uses and/or when the Planning Commission determines a need to shield adjacent properties from the impacts of adjacent developments, land uses, roadways, arterials, and/or railways.
(Ord. 940. Passed 4-14-97.)