In order to provide adequate protective screening for residential areas adjacent to or near nonresidential areas, the following regulations shall apply.
(A) (1) Where a B-1, B-1A, B-2, B-3, RMU, M-1, M-2, or M-3 District abuts directly upon an R District, a landscaped greenbelt shall be provided and maintained along its entire length by the users of the business and industrial zoned property. In addition, those districts shall be screened from such contiguous, residentially zoned district by either a building housing a permitted use or else by a solid, ornamental masonry wall five feet in height above grade between the required greenbelt and the commercial or industrial use. Such greenbelt shall be a strip of land not less than 15 feet in width which is planted and maintained in accordance with § 153.081, so as to create a permanent buffer within one year following approval of the development by the city. If in the opinion of the Board of Appeals on Zoning the greenbelt would serve no good purpose, the Board may waive such requirement and provide only the wall between the residential use and the business or industrial use. The remainder of the landscaped area which is not planted in accordance with § 153.081 as provided above shall be in well kept lawn. All landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition, neat and orderly in appearance.
(2) When vehicles or open air displays generally exceed a five-foot height, the wall shall be increased to a height not exceeding ten feet. All such walls shall be of uniform height around the premises and the design of such wall approved by the City Planning Commission.
(B) Where required walls are provided on the business side of public alleys, wall requirements may be waived to provide necessary entrance to or exit from required off-street parking and loading areas; provided, that approval is secured from the Chief Inspector as to the suitability of the width and the location of such openings in the wall.
(Prior Code, § 153.072) (Ord. D-1418, § 433, passed 11-22-1982, effective 1-21-1983; Ord. D-1920, passed 6-3-2002, effective 6-13-2002)