(A) Commercial, industrial, office, and multi-family developments shall be required to provide landscaping or screening adequate to achieve the following objectives:
(1) To screen incompatible land uses and protect residential areas from negative effects such as noise, glare, and litter;
(2) To provide a visually attractive site design;
(3) To encourage the creative use of landscaping to frame or enhance views and vistas and discourage the obstruction of existing views; and
(4) To be sensitive to the environmental nature of the riverbank by limiting its alteration except as necessary.
(B) Exterior lighting on buildings or in yard and parking areas shall not produce any hazards, nuisances, or unsightly glare for adjacent land uses, pedestrians, and motorists.
(D) Signs shall be freestanding.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)