The purpose of these standards is to provide screening and buffering
guidelines when an applicant wishes to construct berms adjacent to
public thoroughfares and between subdivisions, thereby creating an
aesthetically pleasing corridor which encourages harmony and discourages
monotony, while ensuring safety and security and reducing noise and
glare in neighborhoods. It is also the intent to encourage screening
and buffering at a reasonable (moderate) cost with low to moderate
maintenance requirements and to encourage sound planting principles,
including the use of indigenous plant material with reduced watering
requirements. A variety of plant materials shall be provided in order
to discourage monotony, subject to review and approval by the town.
(1998 Code, sec. 150.75)
The screening and buffering guidelines as described herein shall
be followed when constructing berms along lots that are contiguous
to a public street or when constructed between subdivisions. For all
subdivisions, a minimum 20-foot-wide common area shall be provided
between all proposed or existing residential or commercial uses adjacent
to any proposed or existing street.
(1998 Code, sec. 150.76)
The applicant shall provide three complete sets of plans to
the planning department which shall include the following information:
location of berming, fencing, walls or landscaping; sidewalks; location
of the street and property line; location of the screening and buffering
area within the open space common area; location of utilities (water,
sanitary sewer, electric, cable, gas, etc.); construction details
of the fencing or walls; specific plant materials being used (including
common name, scientific name, quantity, size, and spacing); planting
details; berm details; and an irrigation plan. Sheet size shall be
24 inches by 36 inches with the scale not to exceed one inch equals
40 feet, or as determined by the director of planning. Upon approval
of the final construction plans, a Mylar reproducible shall be submitted
to the planning department for permanent filing. The Mylar shall be
submitted prior to issuance of building permits.
(1998 Code, sec. 150.77)