Landscape Buffer Chart
ABUTTING USE | |||||
PROPOSED USE | SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND DUPLEXES | APARTMENTS, TOWNHOUSES, CONDOMINIUMS | COMMER- CIAL USES | INDUSTRIAL USE |
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | |||||
SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND DUPLEXES | TYPE 1 | TYPE 2 | TYPE 2 | TYPE 2 | |
APARTMENTS, TOWNHOUSES, CONDOMINIUMS | TYPE 2 | TYPE 1 | TYPE 2 | TYPE 2 | |
COMMERCIAL USE | TYPE 4 | TYPE 4 | TYPE 4 | TYPE 3 | |
INDUSTRIAL USE | TYPE 4 | TYPE 4 | TYPE 4 | TYPE 3 | |
All landscape buffers shall be classified within four (4) different categories (See chart above). The four (4) categories of landscape buffers include Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 buffers. The four (4) buffer types are defined as follows:
(a) TYPE 1 BUFFER shall be defined as a twenty-five percent (25%) minimum area of the required side and rear yard building setbacks, abutting the property line, that shall be used solely for landscape purposes. This buffer must consist of one (1) tree per forty (40) linear feet of boundary plus a continuous four (4) foot high hedge, fence, or wall along the boundary of the more restrictive zone.
(b) TYPE 2 BUFFER shall be defined as a thirty-five percent (35%) minimum area of the required side and rear yard building setbacks, abutting the property line, that shall be used solely for landscaping purposes. This buffer must consist of one tree per forty (40) linear feet of boundary plus a continuous four (4) foot high hedge, fence, or wall along the boundary of the more restrictive zone.
(c) TYPE 3 BUFFER shall be defined as a twenty-five percent (25%) minimum area of the required front, side and rear yard building setbacks, abutting the property line, that shall be used solely for landscape purposes. This buffer must consist of one (1) tree per forty (40) linear feet of boundary plus a continuous four (4) foot high hedge, fence, or wall along the boundary of the more restrictive zone.
(d) TYPE 4 BUFFER shall be defined as a thirty-five percent (35%) minimum area of the required front, side and rear yard building setbacks, abutting the property line, that shall be used solely for landscaping purposes. This buffer must consist of one tree per thirty (30) linear feet of boundary plus a continuous four (4) foot high hedge, fence, or wall along the boundary of the more restrictive zone.
* These are the minimum requirements. Additional landscaping is encouraged.
(Ord. 22-089. Passed 12-5-22.)