§ 155.078 SCREENING AND FENCES.

   (A)   Screening shall be required in residential zones where:

      (1)   Any off-street parking area contains more than four parking spaces and is within 30 feet of an adjoining residential zone; and

      (2)   The driveway to a parking area of more than six parking spaces is within 15 feet of an adjoining residential use or zone.

   (B)   Where any business (structure, parking or storage) is adjacent to property zoned or developed for residential use, that business or industry shall provide screening along the boundary of the residential property. Screening shall also be provided where a business, parking lot or industry is across the street from a residential zone, but not on that side of a business or industry considered to be the front (as determined by the Zoning Administrator).

   (C)   All exterior storage shall be screened. The exceptions are:

      (1)   Merchandise being displayed for sale;

      (2)   Materials and equipment presently being used for construction on the premises; and

      (3)   Merchandise located on service station pump islands.

   (D)   (1)   The screening required in this section may consist of a fence, trees, shrubs and berms not less than five feet high, but shall not extend within 15 feet of any street or driveway.

      (2)   The screening shall be placed along property lines or in case of screening along a street, 15 feet from the street right-of-way with landscaping between the screening and pavement. The screening shall not block direction vision.

      (3)   Planting of a type approved by the Planning Commission may also be required in addition to or in lieu of fencing.

   (E)   Fences which impede visual sight lines in anyway shall not encroach closer to any shoreline than the principal building setback. Electrified or barbed fences shall be prohibited in residential districts. Electrified fences used as an accessory to permitted agricultural uses are allowed. Swimming pools with a capacity exceeding 5,000 gallons shall be surrounded by a fence at least four feet in height with a self-latching gate or a power safety cover complying with ASTM F 1346.

(Ord. passed 12-1-2015)