Section 14.07 Additional Regulations
In the Utility Zoning District, the additional regulations are as follows:
A. Any outdoor lighting shall be in conformance with provisions in Chapter 8 hereof. Any outdoor lighting shall be placed so as to reflect light away from any adjoining residential Zoning District.
B. Required yards adjacent to any street shall be landscaped and shall not be occupied by any use or structure including parking or loading spaces except for drives and roadways, signs and lighting as permitted in this Ordinance.
C. Site Enclosure and Screening Requirements. Industrial sites and/or uses shall be enclosed to provide effective site screening from adjoining properties, uses or streets by the use of walls, berms and landscape plantings or combinations thereof as follows:
1. Automobile parking areas shall be screened from the view of any adjacent residential zoning district. All parking areas shall be landscaped by at least ten (10) feet of landscaping.
2. A solid masonry, concrete or earthen product wall not less than eight (8) feet in height or approved landscaped berms, or combinations thereof shall be required along and adjacent to any side or rear property line abutting any residential zone boundary, or any alley abutting such zone boundary. Further, any access gates shall be constructed of view-obscuring materials to provide effective site screening. Approval of the alternative screening methods listed above shall be by the Commission upon recommendation of the staff.
3. Any outdoor use of an industrial nature is permitted, such use shall be screened to a height of not less than eight (8) feet in height by building walls, a solid masonry, concrete or earthen product wall, approved landscaped berms, or combinations thereof. No outdoor industrial use or enclosure thereof shall encroach into any required setback area, adjacent to any street, nor shall any storage products or materials exceed the height of any such enclosure. Approval of the alternative screening methods listed above shall be by the Commission upon recommendation of the staff.
4. Landscape Requirements. Minimum site landscape requirements are as follows: (Note: the Town Council or the Planning and Zoning Commission may impose additional landscape requirements.)
a. Any part of a site not used for buildings, parking, driveways, storage, loading, sidewalks, etc. shall be landscaped and maintained in accordance with an approved landscape plan.
b. Not less than five (5) percent of all vehicle storage or parking areas, nor less than eight (8) percent of the total net lot area, shall be landscaped and continuously maintained in a healthy condition. The landscaped area within the storage and parking areas shall not be included in the calculation for the minimum eight (8) percent landscaping requirement for the total net lot area.
c. Landscaped areas shall include an approved mixture of drought tolerant or other plant materials, and organic and nonorganic ground cover materials. The approval of the above mixture of landscape materials shall be by the Community Development Department staff with appeal to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
d. An automatic irrigation system shall be provided and maintained to all landscaped areas requiring water.
e. All landscaped areas adjacent to vehicular parking and access areas shall be protected by six (6) inch vertical concrete curbing in order to control storm water flows and minimize damage by vehicular traffic.
5. All uses shall be maintained in such a manner that they are neither obnoxious nor offensive by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, vibration, electromagnetic disturbance, radiation or other similar causes detrimental to the public health, safety or general welfare.