(A) Required buffers. Buffering is a site specific requirements that shall be evaluated based on viewer distance and angle of view from the areas or features that require buffering. Buffer design should also consider the amount of view obstruction required and the type and mixture of design elements. Compatibility and buffering are required wherever a property other than residential abuts adjacent residential property. The buffer shall comply with the requirements outlined in the § 150.105.
(B) Non-residential property adjacent to residential property. Wherever a vehicular use area, parking area, service area, utility appurtenances or parking lot serving a non-residential property abuts adjacent residential property, the requirement outlined in § 150.105 shall apply.
(1) Effective buffering of residential districts from all other districts, except, park, greenspace/preservation, and conservation areas shall include a minimum 100 feet landscape setback.
(2) The landscaping requirements of this chapter cannot be met within the landscape setback required pursuant to § 150.105.
(C) Buffering of water quality and utility improvements. Landscape buffering requirements outlined under the requirements of § 150.682 shall also apply to detention ponds, sedimentation ponds and filtration and utility appurtenances.
(D) Non-residential property adjacent to non-residential property. Landscape buffering of non-residential property adjacent to non-residential property is a site specific requirement that shall be evaluated by the city or its designated agent based on viewer distance and angle of view from the areas or site features requiring buffering. Such areas or site features requiring landscape buffering include, but are not limited to, vehicular use areas, parking lots and their parked cars, and , service areas,. Buffer design shall also consider the amount of view obstruction required and the type and mixture of design elements used in the buffer.