When two adjacent lots are required to have a buffer strip along
the same lot line, a combined buffer strip with a total width not
less than the minimum width of the largest buffer strip specified
may be used, provided that at least 1/2 of the buffer strip is situate
on each lot.
Screening shall be provided and maintained in all buffer strips
and shall, at the minimum, consist of one of the following:
A. Dense hedges of shrubbery or evergreens at least five feet in height,
planted 30 inches on center in a single row or five feet on center
in two staggered rows;
B. A fence at least 60% solid, uniformly painted;
C. A fence at least 60% solid of a durable natural material such as
cedar, cypress or redwood and not less than six feet in height above
grade and open to the ground to a height of not more than four inches
above grade; or
D. A masonry wall at least 60% solid not less than five feet nor more
than six feet in height using minimum eight-inch standard block which
must be firmly secured to an appropriate footer.
E. For mobile home parks, see Chapter
580, Subdivision and Land Development.