Frederick County Unincorporated

Private driveways or entrances shall be allowed to provide access to individual residences or uses.

Private driveways or entrances shall be allowed to provide access to individual residences or uses. Minimum spacing shall be provided between new driveways onto and entrances onto collector roads, arterial highways, and primary highways.

Private driveways or entrances shall be allowed to provide access to individual residences or uses.

All residential subdivisions of more than 10 lots in the RP, R-4, R-5, and MS (with residential uses) Zoning Districts shall have streets connecting to adjoining parcels.

The requirements of this section are intended to enhance the appearance, environment, and general welfare of Frederick County by providing minimum landscaping standards and encouraging tree preservation for developments.

The requirements of this section are intended to enhance the appearance, environment, and general welfare of Frederick County by providing minimum landscaping standards and encouraging tree preservation for developments.

Landscape screening consists of a totally landscaped area at least 10 feet in depth; plantings are encouraged to be spaced appropriately within the inactive buffer. Within the area, there shall be a minimum landscaping density of three plants per 10 linear feet.

Parking lots shall be screened from adjacent residential districts and from adjacent roads. The screen shall be a minimum of three feet in height and shall be composed of a continuous hedge, wall, fence, or earthen berm.

A full screen consists of a completely landscaped area at least 20 feet in depth; plantings are encouraged to be spaced appropriately within the inactive buffer. Within the area, there shall be a minimum landscaping density of six plants per 10 linear feet.

Distance buffers are based on the nature of an activity and its proximity to an activity of a different nature. They are linear distances measured from property lines inward.

Full screening. A full screen consists of a completely landscaped area at least 20 feet in depth; plantings are encouraged to be spaced appropriately within the inactive buffer. Within the area, there shall be a minimum landscaping density of six plants per 10 linear feet.

Residential separation buffers shall be established to adequately buffer different housing types from dissimilar housing types within adjacent separate developments.

When placed adjacent to one another, developments with different housing types shall provide residential separation buffers. When age-restricted multifamily housing adjoins other housing types, the evergreen element shall be planted at a height of six feet.

Buffers shall be placed on land to be developed when it adjoins land in certain different zoning districts.

Buffers shall be placed on land to be developed when it adjoins land in certain different zoning districts. Buffers shall be provided on the land to be developed according to the categories in the following tables.

Common shared buffer easements may reduce required buffer distance by 50% if existing vegetation achieves full screen. Road efficiency buffers required for residential structures adjacent to collector roads or higher.

The required buffer distance may be reduced by 50% for a common shared buffer easement if existing vegetation achieves the functions of a full screen.

The Board of Supervisors may grant a waiver that modifies or eliminates a required zoning district buffer between land being developed in the B1, B2, B3, TM, M1 or M2 Zoning Districts that is adjacent to land primarily used for residential purposes in the RA Rural Areas Zoning District

The Zoning Administrator may grant a waiver to allow chain-link fence with slats to satisfy the opaque fence requirements for zoning district buffers between land primarily used for residential purposes and land located in the B-1 (Neighborhood, Business) or B-2 (General Business) Zoning District

Whenever land is to be developed in the B1, B2, B3, TM, M1 or M2 Zoning District that is adjacent to a railroad right-of-way that has property zoned B1, B2, B3, TM, M1 or M2 on the opposite side, zoning district buffers shall not be required.