Sec. 31-33

Other

• Buffer width between railroad right-of-way and residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them.100 ft

  One hundred (100) feet between railroad right-of-way and adjoining property if such adjoining property is zoned, used as or planned for residential or agricultural uses.

• Buffer width between residential and commercial/industrial up to 20 ft tall35 ft

  Thirty-five (35) feet between residential use and a commercial or industrial building up to and including twenty feet tall (buffer width can be reduced to a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet or ten (10) percent of the total site, which ever is greater, if the buffer area would exceed ten (10) percent of [the] total site).

• Buffer width between residential and commercial/industrial over 20 ft tall40 ft

  Forty (40) feet between a residential use and a commercial or industrial building that is greater than twenty (20) feet tall (buffer width can be reduced to a minimum of thirty (30) feet or ten (10) percent of the total site, which ever is greater, if the buffer area would exceed ten (10) percent of [the] total site).

• Landscaped open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. per parking space8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  There shall be landscaped open space within the perimeter of the parking areas, in the minimum amount of eight (8) square feet for each parking space, which shall be located so that no parking space is more than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from a portion of the landscaped open space as required.

• Maximum distance from parking space to landscaped area125 ft

  no parking space is more than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from a portion of the landscaped open space as required.

• Maximum inorganic ground cover5 pct

  Inorganic ground cover (i.e., rock, gravel, mulch, etc.) may not be used on more than five (5) percent of any lot, in any zone district.

• Minimum landscaped area in I-1 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 pct

  Twenty (20) percent or more of each lot/parcel in the I-1 zone district shall be landscaped area.

• Peripheral landscaping strip width10 ft

  a landscaped strip ten (10) feet in width shall be located between the parking area and the abutting property lines, except where driveway or other openings may be required.

• Screening fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for outdoor storage6 ft

  Screening shall be permanent and shall consist of a six-foot-high fence constructed of wood, stone, brick, or any other material approved by the director of planning and vegetation planted to provide opaque screening.

• Tree spacing in peripheral strip50 ft

  At least one (1) tree for each fifty (50) feet shall be planted in said landscaped strip.