The following standards are intended to implement
the Village's long-term planning goals by assuring an acceptable degree
of buffering between land uses, particularly between residential and
nonresidential uses, providing a balance between developed uses and
open space, enhancing the visual and aesthetic appearance of the community
and encouraging preservation of existing natural features. Specifically,
these regulations are intended to:
A. Provide natural visual screening of parking areas
and along property boundaries to protect the existing visual quality
of adjacent lands.
B. Reduce surface runoff and minimize soil erosion through
the natural filtering capability of landscaped areas.
C. Provide natural buffers that reduce glare and noise,
provide wildlife corridors and protect wildlife habitats, wetlands,
stream corridors and other significant environmental features.
D. Moderate the microclimate of parking areas by providing
shade, absorbing reflected heat from paved surfaces and creating natural
windbreaks.
E. Enhance the overall visual quality of the community
by surrounding developed areas with a variety of plant materials that
are consistent and compatible with the existing natural vegetation
of the area.
These landscaping regulations shall apply to all uses in all districts. Within the MU-2 District, whenever the requirements of this article vary from the requirements of the design standards found in §
130-36, the most restrictive or those imposing the higher standards shall govern. More specifically, requirements and procedures shall be as follows:
A. Building permits for construction of new single-family
or two-family dwelling major subdivisions shall require preservation
of existing vegetation or plantings to provide two shade trees of
a minimum two-inch caliper, measured in accordance to American Standards
for Nursery Stock (ANSI), for each dwelling. Such tree(s) shall be
located outside the public right-of-way in the front yard.
B. Major residential subdivisions shall be required to submit landscaping plans in accordance with §
130-73 of this chapter indicating appropriate landscaping of entrances, common open spaces and recreation areas and perimeter buffer areas.
C. Development activities requiring site plan approval shall submit, as part of such approval, a landscaping plan in accordance with §
130-73 of this chapter.