A buffer of not less than forty (40) feet in width shall be provided along any side or rear yard adjacent to a residential use or district. A buffer of not less than fifteen (15) feet in width shall be provided along any side or rear yard adjacent to a nonresidential district. Evergreen plant materials at least six (6) feet in height, so as to provide a year-round effective visual screen when viewed from the residential zone, or other suitable screen so approved by the Planning Board, shall be placed within the required buffer. If the required planting screen or other materials are set back from the industrial-residential boundary, then the portion between the residential district and the required screen shall be landscaped and maintained.

Notwithstanding any other requirements of this chapter pertaining to required yard space, no building shall be placed or extend nearer to the rear lot line of a residential lot in a residential zone where a residential zone abuts an industrial zone than the distance specified:

Landscaping of Front Yard. All that area between the street right-of-way line and the building not used as drives or pedestrian walks shall be devoted to the planting of grass, trees, shrubs, flowers or other appropriate plant materials and shall be maintained. No loading or unloading or off-street parking shall be permitted in the front yard.