Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Buffer yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width for commercial abutting residential10 ft
A buffer yard of not less than ten feet shall be required for all commercial uses which are located adjoining or across an alley from any residentially zoned district.
- Landscape buffer width along public street frontages20 ft
A 20-foot-wide landscape buffer shall be provided along public street frontages where a new nonresidential use abuts an existing or approved residential use.
- Landscape yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. around non-street perimeter10 ft
A minimum ten-foot landscape yard shall be provided around those portions of the perimeter of the site that do not front a public street.
- Landscape yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. along public street frontages20 ft
A minimum 20-foot landscape yard shall be provided along all public street frontages.
- Screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for properties abutting residential6 ft
All property lines abutting a residential district or use shall have a fence, wall or enclosure of a suitable solid material, uniform throughout, to a height of six feet, unless natural evergreen hedges or evergreen wooded areas are used as buffer strips.
- Minimum street tree caliper3 inch
Tree plant shall be a minimum of three-inch caliper and meet the specifications of the American Association of Nurserymen.
- Street tree spacing30 ft on center
In the B-1 and TND-C districts, street trees shall be placed every 30 feet on center along both sides of the street.
- Deciduous tree requirement per parking spaces8 spaces per tree
There shall be at least one deciduous tree for every eight parking spaces when a site plan indicates 20 parking spaces or larger.
From the ordinance
Requirements for Business Districts (B-1, B-2, and TND-C) including screening, parking lot landscaping, and street trees.