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Draft of Landscape Ordinance Amendment/900.30sw April 13, 1999 • a) Principal and Accessory Uses, all nonresidential principal and accessory uses including off-street parking , cxccpt business signs, which arc situated within fifty (50) fcct of a residential district, within fifty(50)feet of a residential district, except business signs, shall be screened from a residential district by a wall, fence and/or landscaping of not less than eighty percent(80%)opacity at the time of maturity. b) Loading and Service Areas All external loading and service areas accessory to buildings shall be screened from the ground level view when facing from adjacent residential districts or public streets, except at access points, with architectural enhancements, walls and/or landscaping. Screen plantings and earth berming may be substituted for the prescribed wall; however, such plantings must be of such type as to provide maximum screening during all months of the year. c) In all districts, mechanical equipment, and other similar features shall be screened from adjacent properties and public streets with the application of landscaping, designed to be compatible with the architectural tr atment of the principal structure or in the event the above annot be accomplished, painting of equipment to match the building. Other Undesirable Visual Impacts that shall be screened from • adjacent properties and public streets include, but are not limited to: i) mechanical equipment ii) trash storage iii) on-site parking lots iv) interior lot areas and perimeters v) outdoor storage vi) large unadorned building massings vii) garage doors associated with auto-oriented uses viii) vehicular stacking areas for drive-through uses d) Double Fronted Residential lots along Double fronted residential buildings and lots along said collector or arterial streets shall have an additional depth of(10)feet to accommodate vegetative screening along the back lot line, or shall be screened with a fifteen (15) foot easement area with for landscaping to be recorded with the County against these lots along with the recording of the final plat. . Screening shall be accomplished by a combination of earth berming and planting (See Subdivision Ordinance, Section 1008.14, 5J). e) Lighting from automobile headlights, direct or indirect canopy lights and other sources shall be screened or directed away from the public right-of-way and nearby or adjacent residential or agricultural conservation districts (See • Lighting, Section 900.30, 7). 9.4