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De3. Landscaping:Screeninq <br /> - All nonresidential principal and accessory uses including off-street parking, <br /> except business signs, which are situated within fifty (50) feet of a residential <br /> district, shall be screened from such district by a wall, fence and/or <br /> landscaping of not less than eighty percent (80%) opacity. <br /> - Walls or fences of lesser heights or planting screens may be permitted if the <br /> nature or extent of the use being screened is such that a lesser degree of <br /> screening will adequately promote and protect the use and enjoyment of <br /> the properties in the adjacent residential district, or that screening of the <br /> type required by this ordinance would interfere with the provision of <br /> adequate amounts of light and air to said properties. <br /> - Double fronted residential buildings and lots along said collector or arterial <br /> streets shall be screened with a fifteen (15) foot easement area for <br /> landscaping will be provided. Screening shall be provided to a height of <br /> three and one-half (3 1/2) feet above adjacent roadway. Screening shall <br /> be accomplished by a combination of earth berming and planting. A <br /> minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of required screen must be provided <br /> with plant material. <br /> - The light from automobile headlights and other sources shall be screened <br /> whenever it may be directed onto adjacent residential windows. <br /> - In all districts, all mechanical equipment, utility meters, storage, and <br /> service areas similar features shall be completely screened from the eye <br /> level view from adjacent properties and public streets, or designed to be <br /> compatible with the architectural treatment of the principal structure. <br /> - All external loading and service areas accessory to buildings shall be <br /> completely screened from the ground level view from contiguous residential <br /> or commercial properties and adjacent streets, except at access points. <br /> 4. Landscaping <br /> General Requirement Applicable to all Districts. <br /> - All exposed ground areas surrounding or within a principal or accessory <br /> use, including street boulevards, which are not devoted to drives, sidewalks, <br /> patios, or other such uses shall be landscaped with grass, shrubs, trees, or <br /> other living ornamental landscape materials. <br /> • - All landscaped areas shall be kept neat, clean and uncluttered. <br /> Page 3 <br />