(A) Bufferyard applications. These provisions apply when use is established in a more intensive zoning district which is adjacent to a less intensive zoning district.
(1) The owner, developer, or operator of the lot or site in the more intensive zoning district shall install and maintain a landscaped bufferyard on his or her lot or site along the common lot line. Bufferyards are not required on single-family or two-family residential use types in the more intensive zoning district.
(2) Criteria for review and approval of appropriate bufferyard design includes, but is not limited to the following: meets base bufferyard requirements, provides separation of uses, obstructs view between uses, allows access to utilities and detention, and maintains surface water drainage. Appropriate site design may allow for bufferyards to be incorporated into stormwater detention, water quality areas, and utility easements.
(3) The bufferyard dimensions set forth in Table 25-22-7 apply to zoning districts which share a common lot line; except
(4) When a public alley with a width not less than 20 feet or street separates a more intensive zoning district from a less intensive zoning district, no bufferyard is required.
(5) If a six feet high solid wood or PVC fence or masonry wall is incorporated into the design, the required bufferyard may be reduced to a width not less than ten feet, conditional on approval by the Planning Commission. The finished side of the fencing shall face the less intensive zoning district property or site. A row of shrubs of an approved species with a minimum height of three feet, planted a maximum of four feet from center shall accompany the fence or wall.
(6) Each bufferyard shall be entirely landscaped and free of paved areas, access ways, storage, or other disturbances.
(B) Bufferyard requirements.
TABLE 25-22-7
District A (More Intensive District) (Note 2) | District B (Less Intensive Adjacent District) | ||
A, AR, R-1B, R-1, R-1A (Note 1) | R-4, R-6 (Note 1) | O-P, C-1, C-2, PBC, C-3 | |
District A (More Intensive District) (Note 2) | District B (Less Intensive Adjacent District) | ||
A, AR, R-1B, R-1, R-1A (Note 1) | R-4, R-6 (Note 1) | O-P, C-1, C-2, PBC, C-3 | |
R-4 | 10 feet | -- | -- |
R-6 | 10 feet | -- | -- |
O-P | 10 feet | -- | -- |
C-1 | 5 feet | -- | -- |
C-2 | 10 feet | 10 feet | -- |
PBC | 10 feet | 10 feet | -- |
C-3 | 15 feet | 15 feet | -- |
M-1 | 15 feet | 15 feet | 10 feet |
M-2 | 20 feet | 20 feet | 20 feet |
Note 1: Applies only to residential uses previously established in the zoning district. Note 2: Buffer requirements do not apply to single-family or two-family residential established in District A. | |||
(C) Screening application. Screening is required when one or more of the following conditions is directly visible from or faces toward the boundary of a less intensive zoning district.
(1) Rear elevations of buildings;
(a) Screening of rear of elevations of buildings shall not be required if less intensive zoning district is separated from more intensive zoning district by a public alley with a minimum width of 20 feet.
(2) Outdoor storage areas, cargo containers, or storage tanks, unless otherwise screened;
(3) Loading docks, refuse collection points, and other service areas;
(4) Major machinery or areas housing a manufacturing process;
(5) Major on-site traffic circulation areas or car, truck, and/or trailer parking; or
(6) Sources of glare, noise, or other environmental effect.
(D) Screening method. An opaque barrier shall be provided which visually screens the conditions listed above from less intensive uses as follows:
(1) A solid wood, PVC, and/or masonry fence or wall at least six feet in height.
(2) A landscaping screen, using evergreen or deciduous materials, capable of providing a substantially opaque, hedge-like barrier which will be capable of providing a solid screen within three years of planting.
(3) A landscaped earth berm with a maximum slope of three to one, rising no less than six feet above the existing grade of the lot line separating the zoning districts.
(4) A chain-link fence with an opaque barrier incorporated into it, such as slats, with at least six feet in height.
(5) Any combination of these methods that achieves a cumulative minimum height of six feet and provides an opaque barrier.
(E) Location of screening. Any screening method shall be installed within the required bufferyard or in close proximity of the items listed in this section (§ 25-22-7 C 1-6).
(F) Drainage. Screening shall not adversely affect surface water drainage.
(G) Permitted interruptions of screening. Screening may be interrupted to provide access drives to service areas or for loading purposes to buildings. Such breaks or interruptions shall not exceed 20% of the length of the required screened area.
(Ord. 4276, passed 2-7-2022; Ord. 4280, passed 4-4-2022)