(A) Each application for a building permit or certificate of occupancy shall include, for those use districts where a buffer is required, information as to the location and type of buffer to be erected. Once erected, a buffer shall be properly maintained. The construction and maintenance of a buffer shall be the responsibility of the land owner or developer.
(B) A buffer shall be a six-foot high attractive blind barrier which shall not permit the passage of light from one side to the other and which will also damper noise where needed. The barrier may be a decorative masonry wall, a wood basket weave-type fence, an open type fence with evergreen vegetation planted facing the adjoining property, or the like. No fence at all is necessary where evergreen vegetation will be of a thickness and variety discouraging people from pushing their way through. Where evergreens are used, a species shall be planted which will normally be expected to reach a height of six feet in three-years time.
(Ord. passed 7-9-1985; Ord. passed 5-10-1990; Ord. passed 3-9-1999; Ord. passed 8-10-1999; Ord. passed 3-14-2000; Ord. passed 5-9-2000; Ord. passed 9-9-2003; Ord. passed 9-13-2005; Ord. passed 9-12-2006; Ord. passed 6-29-2021) Penalty, see § 154.999