Section 26-265 and 26-266
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all buffers required by the zoning ordinance, including industrial buffers adjacent to residential districts.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Maximum species percentage in buffer30 pct
For buffers in which more than twenty (20) trees are required, no individual species shall exceed thirty percent (30%) of the total number of plants required within the buffer.
- Native/drought-resistant reduction15 pct
The number of required trees and shrubs for buffers may be reduced fifteen percent (15%) when all the trees or shrubs used to satisfy a listed requirement are native or drought-resistant.
- Tree protection plan required
A tree protection plan certified by a Landscape Architect, Certified Horticulturist or ISA Certified Arborist must be provided to the Planning Department prior to site plan approval.
Other
- Buffer required for industrial adjacent to residential
When an M-1, M-2, or M-3 district adjoins an AR- or R-zoned district, or when an M-1, M-2, or M-3 district adjoins an A-1-zoned property on which there is a residence within two hundred (200) feet of the common property line, a buffer shall be provided.
- Buffer supplementation for gaps
Where the Table II buffers are denuded or void of existing vegetation ('gaps') for ten (10) or more linear feet or the existing stand of trees have no branches or understory growth lower than six feet from the ground, supplementation is required.
From the ordinance
Minimum standards for trees and shrubs used in buffers. When an M-1, M-2, or M-3 district adjoins an AR- or R-zoned district... a buffer shall be provided.