(A)

The BUFFER YARD is a unit of yard together with the planting required thereon. Both amount of land and the type and amount of planting specified for each buffer yard required by this chapter are designed to ameliorate nuisances between adjacent land uses where NC, HC, LI, G-1, G-2, and G-3 districts are contiguous to any of the residential districts.

(B)

Buffer yards shall be required to separate nonresidential uses from residential uses in order to screen, eliminate, or minimize potential nuisances such as dirt, litter, noise, flare of lights, signs, and unsightly buildings or parking areas, or to provide spacing to reduce adverse impacts of noise, odor, or danger from fires of explosions.

(Ord. 2023-12-12-01, § 1(Exh.), passed 12-12-2023)

Buffer yards shall be located on the outer perimeter of a lot or parcel, extending to the lot or parcel boundary line. Buffer yards shall not be located on any portion of an existing public or private street or right-of-way.

(Ord. 2023-12-12-01, § 1(Exh.), passed 12-12-2023)

Where front, side and rear yards are required by this chapter buffer yards may be established within such required yards.

(Ord. 2023-12-12-01, § 1(Exh.), passed 12-12-2023)

In all NC, HC, LI, G-1, G-2, and G-3 Districts, there shall be a minimum of ten feet of greenbelt between any and all property lines that abut residential districts and any build area (including parking lots). In lieu of the required ten-foot-wide, six-foot-high (at the time of planting) greenbelt, a solid, six-foot-high stockade fence shall be allowed. As the greenbelt must be maintained and replaced as necessary, so shall the optional stockade fence.

(Ord. 2023-12-12-01, § 1(Exh.), passed 12-12-2023)