For three (3) or more unit multiple family, commercial and industrial uses abutting a residential district, landscaping or screening is required. Such screening shall consist of:
(a) A masonry wall or solid fence of not less than eight (8) feet in height, maintained in good condition and free of all advertising and other signs to be located seven (7) feet from the abutting property line or,
(b) Landscaping provided in lieu of such wall or fence shall consist of land not less than fifteen (15) feet in width planted with evergreen hedges or trees which shall be not less than eight (8) feet in height or,
(c) A natural tree line of not less than eight (8) feet in height located on land not less than fifteen (15) feet in width or,
(d) Birms may be used in lieu of a wall, fence, or natural tree line and shall consist of land not less than twenty (20) feet in width with a combination of elevated land planted with evergreen hedges or trees which shall be not less than eight (8) feet in height.
(e) No structure shall be permitted within a required buffer area.
(Ord. 001205-90. Passed 4-3-01.)