10.08.160 Buffering requirements for commercial and industrial uses.
Any commercial or industrial use, including any outdoor storage area, which abuts property zoned for residential purposes shall provide either:
(1) A maintained landscape planting or screening at least ten feet in width between such use and the adjacent residential zoning district. Within the landscaped area shall be placed lawn, ground cover, trees, hedges, evergreens, shrubbery or other suitable plantings; or
(2) A six foot high wall or slatted fence obscuring visibility a minimum of ninety percent. This option is not available if any proposed wall would be located within a public utility easement.
The purpose of the landscaped planting or wall is to protect the character of the adjacent residential zoning district and to minimize impacts on adjacent residential uses.
A buffering plan shall be submitted and reviewed as part of the Class 1, II or III application. (Ord. 1634, § 43, 2004.)