10-04-2021 Council Work Session Packet

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3. General Provisions_V1 3-37 Location Required Screen Height Required Screen Materials Between residential uses and arterial or collector road 6 feet • Year round continuous planting screen in accordance with (f)2. Or • Wall or fence and plantings shall provide shrub cover for 50% of the wall or fence on the exterior side Or • A combination of berm and year round continuous screen in accordance with paragraph (f)2. Between any development and adjacent, less intense, residential land uses (this includes across a street from residential) but not on the side of a use considered to be the front (as determined by the Zoning Administrator) Between loading/service area and public view Outdoor Storage Yards 8 feet • A wall or fence of permanent materials and planting shall provide shrub cover for 50% of the wall or fence on the exterior side. At its discretion, the City Council may approve a modification or waiver from these standards where the affected property line adjoins another industrial property. 2. All continuous year round planting screens shall require at a minimum a double row of plants with triangulated spacing. See illustration. Planting plans shall include species which are sized to appropriately screen visibility within five years of planting. Small shrubs shall be a planted at a maximum interval of 3' on center; medium shrubs shall be planted at a maximum interval of 4' on center; and large shrubs shall be planted at a maximum interval of 6' on center unless; otherwise authorized by the City. 3. A wall or fence intended to provide a continuous year round screen shall block visibility completely.