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Draft of Landscape Ordinance Amendment/900.30sw April 13, 1999 SIGNIFICANT TREE: A healthy deciduous tree measuring eight inches or greater in • diameter, at a point four and a half feet above grade, or a healthy, coniferous tree measuring ten feet in height or greater. YARD: An open space on the same lot with a building or structure, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except for accessory structures or otherwise permitted by City ordinance. (See figure A). YARD, FRONT: A yard extending along the full width of a front lot line between side lot lines and from the front lot line to the nearest building line in depth. On a corner lot, the front yard shall be on each street. (See figure A). YARD, SIDE: A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and lying between the side lot line and the nearest building line, or in the absence of such front or rear yards, to the front or rear lot lines. (See figure A). YARD, REAR:A yard extending along the full width of a rear lot line between side lot lines and from the rear lot line to the nearest building line in depth. (See figure A). Figure A. • 3. Required Screening Required screening may be achieved with fences, walls, earth berms, hedges, or other landscape materials. All walls and fences shall be architecturally harmonious with the principal building. The use of chain link fences equipped with slats is prohibited. Chain link fences will be permitted only if covered with plant material or otherwise screened during all seasons. Earth berms shall not exceed a slope of 3:1 without prior approval from the City Engineer and due to special conditions or unique circumstances. The screen shall be designed to provide effective visual barrier during all seasons (See fence • regulations, section 900.20,6). 9.3