No mechanical equipment, including but not limited to, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration equipment, generators, propane tanks, and transformers shall be located in a front yard. Ground-mounted mechanical equipment may be located within a secondary front yard if opaque screening is provided around all sides of the equipment. Screening may include opaque fence panels, landscaping or other camouflaging technique to screen the mechanical equipment from public view. All screening shall be a minimum of one foot higher than the height of the mechanical equipment being screened. For the purposes of this section, the front yard of a corner lot shall be the side of the property from which the property is addressed. The other side facing a street shall be considered a secondary front yard. Ground mounted mechanical equipment not on single-family residential property shall be screened from public rights-of-way, pedestrian areas, and any adjacent residential property using landscaping or other acceptable material.
('76 Code, Art. 12-1) (Ord. 743, passed 4-10-86; Am. Ord. 2019-007, passed 11-14-19; Am. Ord. 2024-001, passed 2-8-24)