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Fredericksburg City Zoning Code

Sec. 7.940

Screening Requirements and Standards.

Other areas not covered by Subsection 7.920.e. of this Ordinance shall be subject to the requirements of this Section. Minimum landscape screening requirements shall be provided in the following situations:

Multiple Family, greater than four units, and manufactured home use along property lines abutting a Single Family District.

Commercial Use along property lines abutting any Residential District.

Civic Use along property lines abutting a more restrictive district in which the use is not permitted.

Surrounding Multiple Family, greater than four units, Commercial, Industrial or Civic trash storage areas or support services systems.

Manufactured Home Parks along property lines abutting a public street, right-of-way, or single family residential development.

Short-term rental (STR) uses abutting single-family uses, and Short-term rental (STR) uses in or abutting R1 districts, in or abutting R1A districts, in or abutting R2 districts, and in or abutting R5 zoning districts. Screening requirements in the Historic District must be approved by the Historic Review Board. The Historic Review Board may waive the screening requirement.

Screening shall be provided by installation and maintenance thereafter of a visual screen or buffer of one of the following types:

A solid wood and/or masonry fence or wall at least six feet but not greater than eight feet in height.

A hedge-like screen of evergreen plant material capable of attaining a minimum height of eight feet at maturity, planted initially at a minimum of four foot centers and with a minimum height of three and one-half (3½) feet.

(Ord. No. 2022-13, § 23(Exh. V), 3-21-2022)