§ 3372.807. Landscaping and screening.  


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  • Landscaping and Screening shall meet the standards of this zoning code, including the standards contained in Chapters 3312 and 3321 and those contained herein.

    A.

    A minimum three-foot high continuous row of planted shrubs shall be plated to screen surface parking lots from a public street to an overall opacity of 75 percent when in leaf. Ornamental plantings, in addition to the above requirement, are not prohibited. Such row of shrubs cannot exceed 200 lineal feet without incorporating one or more of the following changes in treatment:

    1.

    A different species of shrub;

    2.

    A masonry pier with a minimum height of 48 inches. Limestone or limestone veneer, horizontally coursed with flush raked mortar joints (any caps on walls or piers should be continuous natural stone caps) shall be used as the masonry material;

    3.

    A three-foot masonry wall. Limestone or limestone veneer, horizontally coursed with flush raked mortar joints (any caps on walls or piers should be continuous natural stone caps) shall be used as the masonry material; or

    4.

    Access drive that is compliant with all standards herein.

    B.

    Plant species shall be installed and maintained as follows:

    1.

    Shade trees shall be a minimum of two inches in caliper;

    2.

    Ornamental trees shall be a minimum of two inches in caliper;

    3.

    Hedges and shrubs may be deciduous or evergreen but shall be a minimum of 24 inches in height at time of planting;

    C.

    Motor vehicle sales and boat dealerships are not required to landscape, plant trees, or otherwise screen areas used solely for new and used automobile display and inventory areas, but shall maintain perennial plantings or a minimum 24 inch high continuous hedge or shrub on any perimeter, which faces or abuts a public street.

    1.

    Employee and customer parking shall be landscaped, planted and screened to the standards of this section.

    2.

    Areas used for the storage of cars awaiting repair shall be screened to the standards of this section if they abut a public street.

    3.

    All display, inventory, parking, and storage areas shall be clearly delineated on a site plan.

    D.

    Loading areas that are visible from a public right-of-way shall be fully screened by structures and/or landscaped to a minimum height of six feet and to a minimum of 90 percent opacity when in leaf.

    E.

    In addition to the provisions regulating dumpsters in Chapter 3321, dumpsters shall be located behind the principal building and be screened from public view to the height of the dumpster.

(Ord. 2431 § 16; Ord. 0854-2008 § 35; Ord. No. 1537-2009, § 24, 5-3-2010; Ord. No. 1792-2011, § 1(Attach. 1), 12-12-2011)