Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Prohibition of loading/trash/service areas in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
Areas for loading and unloading commercial vehicles, facilities for trash collection and similar outside service areas shall not be located in any front yard in any district.
- Prohibition of outside storage in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
In business, commercial, industrial and planned development districts, outside storage of equipment, materials, supplies or products, when permitted by the use regulations in the district, shall not be located in any minimum required front yard.
- Visibility at intersections
The location of all trees to be planted and all landscaping, buffers and screening required by this article shall comply with the provisions of ATC section 21-258 pertaining to visibility at intersection.
- Maintenance of required landscaping
All required landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be maintained and replaced or supplemented as necessary to continue to comply with the standards set forth in this article.
- Maximum earth berm slope3 horizontal:vertical
Earth berms with slopes no greater than three (3) feet horizontal for each one (1) foot vertical
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
continuous visual screen not less than six (6) feet in height
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. screening materials
No chain link, wire mesh, barbed wire or similar material shall be installed at any location visible from a street or adjoining property in an RR-1 or residential district
- Consistency with Development Guidelines Handbook
screening shall be consistent with guidelines set forth in the Development Guidelines Handbook
- Screening material
structural fence or wall or evergreen vegetative material, or combinations thereof
- Screening reduction for natural buffer
Structural or planted material may be reduced or deleted where a buffer area is maintained in a natural state, or is supplemented with additional planting, and provides the required continuous visual screening
Parking
- Parking area screening trigger distance50 ft
Screening required where off-street parking area for five (5) or more vehicles is located closer than fifty (50) feet to a lot in an RR-1 or residential district, or to any other lot on which a dwelling use exists as a conforming use
From the ordinance
Screening which meets the standards of paragraph (e) of this section shall be provided on any lot where an off-street parking area for five (5) or more vehicles is located closer than fifty (50) feet to a lot in an RR-1 or residential district...