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screened by a wall, fence of acceptable design or compact hedge along all sides which adjoin or are directly across the street from the property in a residential zone or institutional use. The wall, fence or hedge shall be maintained in good condition. Plans for fencing shall be approved by the City Council. The fence shall not be used for advertising purposes; (E) Buffer zone 6etween industrial and residentiOl districts. Where the side yard of any industrial district abuts a residential district, the minimum side yard setback shall be 60 feet Parking of vehicles will be permitted within 40 feet of the side yard line. All side yard areas not utilized for parking shall be landscaped with screening provided along the side lot line to within 15 feet of any public right-of- way. (F) Screening requirements. If the City Council requires any type of screening as a condition for a variance or special use permit, the applicant shall comply with the following conditions: (1) File a copy of the screening plans with the Zoning Administrator; (2) The screening, planting or construction, or bo~ shall be complete within 1 yea.r from the date ofbuilding permit, subject to extension by the City Council;-- (3) The screening shall be maintained after completion; aDd (4) A dollar amount of 1-1/2 times the estimated cost of planting and construction of the screening shall be filed with the city in the form of a cash escrow or letter of credit The cash escrow or letter of credit amount shall be forfeited to the city if any provisions of this section are violated. (G) Landscaping. A minimum of 10% of any lot shall be green space. Three percent of the surface area of the land within a parking area shall be landscaped with grass and shrubbery or other approved ground cover. Landscaped areas will continue to be maintained by the property owner on a continuous basis. Green areas within abutting street rights-of-way will also be maintained by the property owner. Additional landscaping regulations are set forth in ~ 154.116. (H) Accessory structures. Garages, accessory structures, screen walls and exposed areas of retaining walls shall be of similar type, quality and appearance as the principal structure. Accessory structures shall comply with other requirements of this chapter. (I) Permitted encroachments. The following shall not be considered as encroachments on setbacks subject to other conditions within this chapter: off-street parking spaces, flues, belt course, leaders, sills, pilaster, lintels, cornices, eaves, gutters, awnings, open terraces, service station pump islands, open canopies, steps, chimneys, flagpoles, ornamental features, open fire escapes, sidewalks and fences, except as hereinafter amended. (J) Driveways. (1) No driveway shall be located within 100 feet of any right-of-way line of a street intersection. This distance shall be measured along the property line from the comer right-of-way line. (2) Access drives onto county roads shall require a review by the City Engineer. 32