[Amended 12-20-1999 by Ord. No. O-20-99]
A landscape buffer shall be provided within
any nonresidential zone where a development abuts or is located across
from a residential zone, or residentially developed property. The
buffer shall provide a year-round visual screen to minimize adverse
impacts from the site on adjacent properties. The following buffer
area and landscaping requirements shall apply:
Zone
|
Buffer Width
(feet)
|
---|
A, AH-1 and AH-2
|
25
|
CBD
|
10
|
B-1
|
10
|
B-2
|
30
|
I-1
|
30
|
I-2
|
30
|
I-3
|
30
|
OAL
|
30
|
A. Buffer area requirements for hotels are as specified in §
165-95F.
B. Buffer areas will be contiguous with residential property
lines and shall be of uniform width.
C. If the buffer is less than 20 feet wide, the applicant
may be required to erect and landscape a six-foot-high stockade fence
within the buffer area, parallel to the lot line of the abutting residential
lot.
D. Buffer areas shall be maintained and kept clean of
all debris, rubbish, weeds and tall grass. Any screen planting shall
be maintained permanently, and any plant material which does not live
shall be replaced within one year or one growing season.
E. No structure, activity, storage of materials, driveways
or parking of vehicles shall be permitted in the buffer area, except
permitted signs as specified in the district regulations.
F. Requirements for planting in buffer area.
(1) A solid and continuous landscaped screen shall be
planted and maintained to conceal the parking and loading areas, eliminate
the glare of vehicle lights throughout the year and camouflage the
building from the abutting residential areas. The landscaped screen
shall consist of evergreen trees, such as hemlock, Douglas fir, Norway
spruce, etc. Evergreen trees shall not be less than eight feet high
when planted, and the lowest branches shall be not more than one floor
above the ground. In the event that the existing evergreen trees do
not cover the required area from the ground, said landscaping screen
shall be supplemented with evergreen shrubbery.
(2) In addition to the landscaped screen, shade trees
shall be planted by the applicant at a distance of not more than 40
feet from each other.
(3) If the buffer area includes existing growth of evergreen
and deciduous trees and shrubbery, but not enough to provide a suitable
screen as required above, existing trees and shrubbery may remain
and shall be supplemented by additional evergreen plantings to provide
the required landscaped screen. In the event that the approving authority
finds that further plantings of evergreens will not grow satisfactorily
in said buffer areas, stockade fence(s) six feet high shall be erected
in the buffer area.
G. The approving authority shall have the power to waive
any of the requirements or details specified above if it is determines
an adequate buffer can be provided in less than the required width
while maintaining the purposes of this section. The approving authority,
when considering waiving any of the buffer requirements, shall review
the proposed plat and the standards and purposes of this chapter and,
to these ends, shall consider the location of buildings, parking areas,
outdoor illumination and topographic features of the area and existing
features such as trees and streams; the efficiency, adequacy and safety
of the proposed layout of driveways, streets, sidewalks and paths;
the adequacy and location of screening and parking areas, structures
and uses; and such other matters as may be found to have a material
bearing on the above standards and objectives.
[Added 8-17-2020 by Ord. No. O-13-20]
The 170 N. Main Street Redevelopment Plan standards apply as
an overlay zone on Block 301, Lot 1. See Attachment 7, 170 N. Main
Street Redevelopment Plan.