[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-32]
The intention of these requirements is to enhance the aesthetic
and environmental appeal and character of buildings and sites being
developed within the Municipality by insuring the compatibility of
uses, thereby maintaining the health, safety, and general welfare
of the community while preserving property values.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-33]
All areas in a development not used for construction of buildings,
roads, accessways, parking or sidewalks shall be fully landscaped
in accordance with these regulations.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code 89-33]
Natural site features such as: existing trees, streams, rock
outcropping, etc., shall be preserved wherever possible. Whenever
such natural features are absent or insufficient or have been destroyed
during the development of the site, additional new plantings of a
sufficient size as determined by the Planning Board shall be established
to provide environmental protection to beautify the buildings and
grounds; and to provide privacy, shade and the screening out of objectionable
features created on the site.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-33]
All landscape plans shall be drawn and signed by a Landscape
Architect, except for single and two family homes.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-33]
All landscape plans shall have a schedule of the Latin and common
name, the quantity, the size, spacing, and method of planting of each
plant material.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
A minimum landscaped area five feet wide shall be provided along
all property lines including public streets.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
All buffers and landscaped areas shall be protected from adjacent
parking areas by curbs, or concrete, metal or wood bumpers at least
six inches in height and securely anchored into the ground
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
Service areas, parking areas, transformer compounds, and other
strictly utilitarian improvements, shall be screened as fully as practicable.
In general, it is intended that possible objectionable or unsightly
features within a given development shall be screened from passing
traffic or abutting residential properties.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
In the case of a repetition of building designs, as in apartment
house development, care shall be exercised to avoid monotony in the
planting design by introducing sufficient variety in the planting
layout to lend interest and aesthetic appeal. By the same token, excessive
variety shall be avoided, and all shall be represented as a balance
design with proper accent in the right places.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
All street trees and on-site deciduous shade trees shall be
not less than two-inch caliper, measured one foot above the root crown.
A reasonable and satisfactory number of trees, as determined by the
Municipality, with a caliper of not less than six inches, measured
one foot above the root crown, shall be included on site, where existing
trees are not present or have not been preserved.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
A satisfactory amount of evergreen plant material shall be included
in the planting, this to be judged on an individual basis by the Municipality.
Evergreen trees shall not be less than six feet in height.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
Areas required for buffers shall not be cleared or graded prior to development approval as outlined in the Land Use Procedures, Chapter 20
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
Retaining walls shall not be permitted within buffer areas unless
approved as part of site plan approval.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
In all zones where a multi-family, or commercial zone line abuts
a single-family residential zone, a fifty-foot buffer shall be established
and maintained.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
In all zones where a multi-family development zone line abuts
an existing commercial zone, a fifty-foot buffer must be established
and maintained by the multi-family developer, unless such a buffer
is already established along the common boundary of that zone.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
In all zones where a commercial zone line abuts a multi-family
residential zone, a twenty-foot buffer must be established and maintained
unless such a buffer is already established and maintained along the
common boundary of that zone.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-34]
Off-street parking or loading shall not be permitted in any
buffer area.
In calculating landscaped areas, the areas of plazas, open or
enclosed pedestrian shopping malls, sitting areas, pools and fountains
shall be included. Landscaped areas within and between parking areas
shall also be included.
[Ord. #255; Ord. #592; 1972 Code § 89-35]
In all zones, a minimum of 20% of the site shall be devoted
to landscaped areas in addition to all required buffers.
