The City requires buffer zones to protect new and established residential areas adjacent to new and established nonresidential uses. Buffer zones shall be defined, based on the following guidelines:

A.

"Low" buffers between low-rise (two (2) stories or less) office or multi-family uses and single-family areas, consisting of a minimum of fifteen (15) feet of buffer areas supplemented by berms, walls, and/or fences, and landscaping;

B.

"Medium" buffers between retail commercial or high-rise (over two (2) stories) office and any residential use, consisting of a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet of buffer area supplemented by berms, walls, and/or fences, and landscaping;

C.

"High" buffers between any industrial use and any residential use, consisting of a minimum of fifty (50) feet of buffer area supplemented by berms, walls, and/or fences, and landscaping.