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74LAND USE2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />• Distance� Increasing setbacks between a more intensive land use located adjacent to a less <br />intensive land use� Figure 3-8 shows how open space separating single homes and apartments <br />lessens the difference in scale between the two uses� <br />• Buffering and screening� Using berms, landscaping and vegetation, and/or elevation changes to <br />separate uses� Fences and walls can also be used to provide screening when there is no change <br />in elevation, or when there is insufficient space to construct a berm. Figure 3-9 shows how a <br />landscaped berm and a vegetated slope can provide a transition between single-family homes and <br />higher intensity uses of various types� The example illustrates that these transitions soften the <br />change in use, but do not and are not intended to completely screen the more intense use� It is <br />important that the buffers are consistent in scale and mass to the adjacent land uses, and still allow <br />convenient pedestrian access from one use to another� <br />• General performance standards, including standards for lighting/glare, dust, air pollution, noise, <br />exterior storage/display, radiation/electric emission, etc� The City has established general <br />performance standards in the Zoning Ordinance to address these items� <br />• Performance standards for specific uses-including outdoor storage, drive- through businesses, gas <br />stations, etc� that may relate to site planning as well as operational issues, such as business hours� <br />The City has established general performance standards in the Zoning Ordinance to address these <br />items� <br />• Site planning techniques for transitions will be reviewed and evaluated as the City considers <br />applications for development approvals� The transitions to nearby existing and planned uses are <br />important factors in determining whether or not development will be compatible with its surroundings� <br />Specific requirements and standards for particularly sensitive uses will be included in the City’s <br />zoning regulations and other relevant sections of the City Code� <br />Figure 3-8 <br />Figure 3-9