Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Buffer width from railroad
100 ft between railroad right-of-way and adjoining property if zoned, used or planned for residential or agricultural uses.
- Buffer width between residential and commercial/industrial
35 ft between residential use and commercial/industrial building up to 20 ft tall (can reduce to 25 ft or 10% of site if >10% of site); 40 ft if building >20 ft tall (can reduce to 30 ft or 10% of site).
- Landscape plan required
A landscape plan, prepared by a certified landscape architect, which includes buffer areas, basic landscaping, and screening shall be provided for all development plans, where required by the zoning ordinance.
- General landscaping requirements
In R-1, R-2, B-1, B-2, I-1: All areas not occupied by buildings, structures, driveways, walkways, off-street parking facilities, or other installations shall be covered by lawn grass and landscaped with natural shrubbery or plants/trees. Inorganic ground cover max 5% of lot.
- Outdoor storage screening
For B-1, B-2, I-1, PUD business/industrial: all outdoor storage screened with 6-ft fence; adjacent to residential, screening required; PF adjacent to residential also screening.
- Parking lot landscaping
For parking lots with 20+ spaces: 8 sq ft landscaped open space per space, no space more than 125 ft from it; peripheral strip 10 ft wide with tree every 50 ft; trees provide shade.
From the ordinance
Buffer areas between adjoining incompatible land uses are required in all zoning districts to reduce or eliminate the incompatibility and to promote woodland conservation areas.