Sec. 24-98
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Maximum distance from right-of-way for other Community Character Corridors65 ft
No portion more than 65 feet from right-of-way of other Community Character Corridors counted.
- Maximum distance from right-of-way for all other roads45 ft
No portion more than 45 feet from right-of-way along all other roads counted.
- Maximum distance from right-of-way for Wooded Community Character Corridor125 ft
No portion of landscape area more than 125 feet from right-of-way of Wooded Community Character Corridor outside Primary Service Area counted.
Other
- Construction zone setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from landscape buffer15 ft
All structures shall be setback a minimum of 15-feet from the perimeter of the landscape area buffer required in section 24-98 (a).
- Maximum limb-up heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for overstory trees10 ft
Overstory tree limbs may be removed/'limbed-up' to a maximum height of ten feet above the base of the tree.
- Maximum limb-up heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for understory trees6 ft
Understory tree limbs may be removed/'limbed-up' to a maximum height of six feet.
- Preserve mature trees DBH8 in
All existing viable mature trees (eight inches or greater diameter at breast height (DBH)) and specimen trees (24 inches or greater DBH) shall be preserved within the required right-of-way landscape area.
- Preserve specimen trees DBH24 in
Specimen trees (24 inches or greater DBH) shall be preserved.
- Preserve understory trees DBH2 in
All understory trees of two inches or greater DBH shall be preserved.
- Minimum tree protection fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.40 in
The required landscape area shall be fully protected by a substantial, temporary fence or barrier with a minimum height of 40-inches.
From the ordinance
In no case shall any portion of any landscape area located more than 125 feet from the right-of-way of a Wooded Community Character Corridor outside the Primary Service Area, 65 feet from the right-of-way of all other Community Character Corridors or 45 feet from the right-of-way along all other roads be counted toward meeting the requirements.