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This section is intended to buffer the effects of uses on adjacent properties by requiring a screen and/or buffer between the uses in order to minimize the harmful impacts of noise, dust/debris, headlight glare and other objectionable activities by an adjoining or nearby use. Any screening buffer area must be maintained in good order at all times by the owner of the property. When deemed necessary by the Planning Director to provide an effective visual screen, additional landscaping or other improvements may be required.
A. Land Use Buffers. Where deemed necessary by the Planning Director, any of the following may be required to ensure effective buffering and screening:
1. A masonry wall or fence with a minimum height of 6 feet, with no openings;
2. A solid 6-foot high evergreen hedge, with minimum plant height at installation of at least 3 feet;
3. Any combination of the above; or
4. Any alternative buffer of equal quality approved by the Planning Director.
B. Dumpsters and Trash Receptacle Screening.
1. Screening must be a minimum height of 6 feet.
2. All sides of the dumpster must be screened.
3. The screen should incorporate access to the dumpster by using a wooden fence or other opaque device to serve as a gate.
4. Screening materials can be any combination of evergreen plantings, fence or wall structure.
5. Dumpsters may not be in any required setbacks or landscape buffer and shall be located as far away from residential areas as possible.
6. Dumpsters and trash receptacles serving commercial or industrial uses may not be located in Residential Districts.
7. Dumpsters may not be located in the public right-of-way as stated in Section 1361.10(b)(10) of the Building Code.
(Ord. 170-04. Passed 3-23-04.)
A. Perimeter landscaping must be installed along any parking lot area adjacent to a street, place, or driveway. Perimeter landscaping will consist of one of the following, located between the parking lot and the property line:
1. Landscaped area at least 5 feet wide, exclusive of easements, sidewalks, or rights-of-way, planted with at least one shrub for every 3 to 5 feet of property line, as determined by growth characteristics;
2. 3½ feet high metal tube or solid bar fence, with at least one shrub for every 3 feet of property line planted on the outside of the fence; or
3. Solid 3½ foot high brick or stone wall.
B. Wheel stops (i.e., parking blocks) must be provided to ensure that vehicles cannot overhang directly on plant material, if a landscaped area is used.
(Ord. 170-04. Passed 3-23-04.)
A. Only those plant species shown on the "City of Toledo Approved Plant Materials List" or those otherwise identified by a licensed Landscape Architect, Horticulturist, or Ohio Certified Nursery Technician as appropriate for this region may be used to satisfy the landscaping and screening standards of this chapter.
B. Plants installed to satisfy the requirements of this chapter must meet or exceed the plant quality and species standards of the most recent edition of "American Standards for Nursery Stock" published by the American Association of Nurserymen.
C. Plants must be nursery-grown and adapted to the local area. No artificial plants or vegetation must be used to meet any standards of this section.
D. All plant material will be mulched with shredded hardwood mulch, or approved equal. Plant material massings will be incorporated into mulch beds.
E. All plant material must be installed according to sound nursery practices in a manner designed to encourage vigorous growth that is not intrusive to utilities, pavement, pedestrian traffic or vehicular traffic.
F. All required plant material must be planted within 6 months or by the next planting season, as outlined in the latest edition of "American Standards for Nursery Stock," after all construction activity in the area of the new planting has ceased.
G. Plant material will be specified and placed to minimize conflict with overhead and underground utilities.
(Ord. 170-04. Passed 3-23-04.)
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