Sec. 98-1062

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• Buffers continuous except for driveways

  Buffers shall be continuous except where driveways or other breaks are necessary. Multiple breaks of the transitional buffer area are not permitted unless required to provide efficient and safe access to the site and an internal circulation pattern on the site.

• Buffer placement on higher intensity use

  Transitional buffers shall be placed on the property bearing the higher intensity use to the extent possible.

• ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. structures in buffer

  Accessory structures, storage, or off-street parking or loading shall not be located within the buffer.

• Buffers not required along public road rights-of-way

  Buffers are not required along zoning lines that follow public road rights-of-way.

• YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. and setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. relationship

  Where a transitional buffer is required along a property line, the minimum yard and setback along said property line shall be the greater of the yard and setback required for the particular zoning district or the width of the transitional buffer.

• Buffer Type A35 ft

  Buffer screening type A shall consist of a minimum 35-foot-wide visual buffer that shall average a rate of one large evergreen tree and one medium evergreen tree for every 15 linear feet.

• Buffer Type B50 ft

  Buffer screening type B shall consist of a minimum 50-foot-wide visual buffer that shall average one large evergreen tree plus one medium evergreen tree plus two small evergreen trees or shrubs for every 15 linear feet.

• Buffer Type C75 ft

  Buffer screening type C shall consist of a minimum 75-foot-wide visual buffer that shall average one large evergreen tree plus two medium evergreen trees plus three small deciduous, ornamental, or evergreen trees for every 15 linear feet. Owners and applicants must establish a type C buffer between industrial or commercial development and residential properties.

• Utility easements in buffer

  Utility easements shall not be located within buffers except for those that cross the buffer at a right angle.

• Landscape yards may be incorporated into buffer

  Landscape yards may be incorporated into the transitional buffer and no additional landscaping above and beyond that required for the transitional buffer shall be necessary.

• Planting ratio reduction for larger stock

  The zoning administrator may reduce the planting ratios proportionately for the use of larger size nursery stock and for the preservation of healthy mature trees that are protected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

• Transitional buffer provision matrix

  Transitional buffers shall be provided between dissimilar zoning districts as depicted in the matrix: Conservation-Agriculture: None; Conservation-Residential: None; Conservation-Business: B; Conservation-Economic Opportunity: B; Conservation-Industrial: C; Agriculture-Residential: A; Agriculture-Business: B; Agriculture-Economic Opportunity: B; Agriculture-Industrial: C; Residential-Business: B; Residential-Economic Opportunity: B; Residential-Industrial: C; Business-Economic Opportunity: A; Business-Industrial: B; Economic Opportunity-Industrial: A.