Lancaster, California · General provision

17.16.430 A.12

Extracted standards

6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

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  • Ground equipment screening

    Where mechanical equipment, junction boxes, satellite antennae, meters and similar utility equipment is ground mounted it shall be enclosed or screened from view where necessary to preclude visibility from freeways, expressways and arterial streets and adjacent properties.

  • HI loading area screening

    Loading areas shall be screened from view only where necessary to preclude visibility from freeways, expressways and arterial streets and adjacent residentially and commercially zoned properties.

  • HI rooftop equipment screening

    All rooftop mechanical equipment, ducts, tanks, satellite antennae, etc., shall be enclosed or otherwise screened from view from all sides of the building only where necessary to preclude visibility from freeways, expressways or arterial streets or adjoining residential, commercial or light industrial areas. (This requirement does not include wind-powered turbines used for ventilation.)

  • LI loading area screening

    Loading areas shall be screened from view where necessary to preclude visibility from public streets and highways and adjacent properties.

  • LI rooftop equipment screening

    All rooftop mechanical equipment, ducts, tanks, satellite antennae, etc., shall be enclosed or otherwise screened from view from all sides of the building. (This requirement does not include wind-powered turbines used for ventilation.)

  • Parking area screening

    Parking areas adjacent to streets shall be screened with landscaping in the required yards and with low decorative walls, berms or combinations thereof. Where walls are used they shall be placed so as not to obscure landscaped areas from the street.

From the ordinance

Screening. a. Screening Standards Applicable to All I Zones 1. Ground-Mounted Equipment: Where mechanical equipment, junction boxes, satellite antennae, meters and similar utility equipment is ground mounted it shall be enclosed or screened from view where necessary to preclude visibility from freeways, expressways and arterial streets and adjacent properties. 2. Parking Areas: Parking areas adjacent to streets shall be screened with landscaping in the required yards and with low decorative walls, berms or combinations thereof. Where walls are used they shall be placed so as not to obscure landscaped areas from the street. b. Screening Standards Applicable to the LI Zone 1. Rooftop Equipment: All rooftop mechanical equipment, ducts, tanks, satellite antennae, etc., shall be enclosed or otherwise screened from view from all sides of the building. (This requirement does not include wind-powered turbines used for ventilation.) 2. Loading Areas: Loading areas shall be screened from view where necessary to preclude visibility from public streets and highways and adjacent properties. c. Screening Standards Applicable to the HI Zone 1. Rooftop Equipment: All rooftop mechanical equipment, ducts, tanks, satellite antennae, etc., shall be enclosed or otherwise screened from view from all sides of the building only where necessary to preclude visibility from freeways, expressways or arterial streets or adjoining residential, commercial or light industrial areas. (This requirement does not include wind-powered turbines used for ventilation.) 2. Loading Areas: Loading areas shall be screened from view only where necessary to preclude visibility from freeways, expressways and arterial streets and adjacent residentially and commercially zoned properties.
17.16.430 A.12