(a) Each U-7 Planned Commercial Development District shall include permanent open space equivalent to a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the total area of the U-7 District. The required open space area shall not include space for open parking lots, driveways or land covered
by buildings and/or sidewalks.
(b) Common areas bordering residential structures shall be planted with ground cover, trees, shrubs, hedges or other landscaping to maintain a park-like effect. Parking setback and other undeveloped areas of the development shall be graded, seeded and maintained as a lawn or wooded area in an orderly natural state and shall be included in the landscape plans. All such landscape plans approved by the Planning Commission are subject to approval by Council.
(c) Landscaping, driveways and other permitted uses shall at all times be maintained in an orderly, neat, clean, sanitary and structurally sound condition and all buildings, driveways or other structures shall be repaired in order to maintain substantially their original appearance and condition to prevent blight and unsightliness. Lawns and other landscaping shall be maintained in accordance with acceptable landscaping principles and maintained in a neat and orderly fashion.
(d) Where a U-7 District or use is contiguous to or across the street from a U-1 residential zone or use, the Planning Commission may require special landscaping, buffering, mounding or fences as the Planning Commission finds necessary for appropriate separation, screening and protection. (Ord. 2020-124. Passed 11-4-20.)