Buffer strips shall:
A.
Be established and maintained on all lot lines not abutting a public
street or right-of-way, except when the lot is used for single-family
detached dwellings, semidetached dwellings (twins) and interior lot
lines of townhouses;
B.
Be free from buildings, structures, accessory buildings, signs, driveways,
parking areas, outdoor storage areas, recreation facilities and all
activity areas;
C.
Be landscaped with trees, shrubs, plants or grass lawns; and
D.
Be at least 15 feet in width (unless otherwise provided in this chapter), except that rod-and-gun clubs, veterinarians, kennels, stables, commercial outdoor recreation facilities, cemeteries, crematoriums, quarries, adult bookstores, adult theaters, transportation terminals, truck terminals and wholesale or warehouse storage and distribution facilities shall have buffer strips 25 feet in width. For mobile home parks, see Chapter 580, Subdivision and Land Development.
[Amended 8-6-2007 by Ord.
No. 599].
When two adjacent lots are required to have a buffer strip along
the same lot line, a combined buffer strip with a total width not
less than the minimum width of the largest buffer strip specified
may be used, provided that at least 1/2 of the buffer strip is situate
on each lot.
Screening shall be provided and maintained in all buffer strips
and shall, at the minimum, consist of one of the following:
A.
Dense hedges of shrubbery or evergreens at least five feet in height,
planted 30 inches on center in a single row or five feet on center
in two staggered rows;
B.
A fence at least 60% solid, uniformly painted;
C.
A fence at least 60% solid of a durable natural material such as
cedar, cypress or redwood and not less than six feet in height above
grade and open to the ground to a height of not more than four inches
above grade; or
D.
A masonry wall at least 60% solid not less than five feet nor more
than six feet in height using minimum eight-inch standard block which
must be firmly secured to an appropriate footer.
