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<br />Side Lot line which ahuts Res. District 4 0 4 0 4 0 <br />Rear Lot nne adjoining R.etidential District & screened 4 0 4 0 4 0 <br />Rear Lot line adjo1Ð'!lg non residential district 5 5 5 <br />Rear Lot line to loading dock ( unscreened) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 <br /> <br />A. General Requirements: <br /> <br />1. Required yards shall be open spaces, which may be used for landscaping, lawn and <br />driveways, but shall not be utilized for buildings, parking or open storage areas for goods or <br />vehicles except as hereinafter specified. <br /> <br />2. Landscaping: All yard space between the building setback and the street right-of-way line <br />not utilized for parking of vehicles shall be landscaped with grass, trees and other landscape <br />features as may be appropriate. <br /> <br />ª. Exception: With a combination of permanent year-round screening and landscaping, <br />the parking setback of passenger vehicles (cars and trucks of less than one ton capacity) <br />may be reduced to twenty feet (20') from the front property line. The combination of <br />permanent year-round screening and landscaping may include: <br />(1) Coniferous trees and street trees as designated in the City Street Tree Master Plan, <br />(2) Shrubs, <br />(3) Berms, <br />(4) Masonry walls or other architectural improvements (no setback variance <br />required), <br />(5) Sunken parking lot elevations. <br /> <br />Any combination of subsection A2a (1) through (5) above shall provide a minimum <br />permanent year-round height of thirty six inches (36") from the highest point of the <br />parking lot curb, consisting of eighty percent (80%) opaque screening of the parked <br />vehicles as seen from the public right of way. If deciduous material is used, the berm <br />shall be higher and require less in the amount of vegetation. Where landscape materials <br />are proposed, they shall be of such type and size to meet the height and opacity <br />requirements within thirty six (36) months or less after installation. <br /> <br />h. Visibility: Traffic visibility shall not be impeded by fencing, structures, plantings or <br />berms within forty feet (40') of an intersection or driveway. <br /> <br />3. Side Yards:All side yard area not utilized for parking or open storage shall be landscaped. <br />Screening provided along the interior side lot line shall be set back a minimum of twenty <br />feet (20') from any public right-of-way line. <br /> <br />4. Rear Yards: Parking of vehicles shall be permitted no closer than forty feet (40') to the <br />rear lot line of adjoining residential districts and shall be screened from view from adjacent <br />residential areas. The forty foot (40') strip adjacent to the rear lot line shall be landscaped. <br />Parking of vehicles shall be permitted no closer than five feet (5') to rear lot lines adjoining <br />nonresidential districts. <br /> <br />2 <br />