17.45.050 Screening Between Uses and Districts.
The following screening requirements shall be applicable:
(1) When a nonresidential use except a park abuts residentially zoned property or a residential use, the following screening provisions shall apply to the nonresidential use:
(a) a minimum six (6) foot high screening device, such as a sight-obscuring fence or wall shall be installed along the abutting property line between the nonresidential use and the residentially zoned property or residential use; and
(b) a landscape strip of evergreen trees and/or evergreen shrubs shall be planted within ten (10) horizontal feet of the screening device required in 17.45.050(1)(a), with said trees and/or shrubs being a minimum height of eight (8) feet at time of planting and spaced so as to grow together within three (3) years of their planting in a manner sufficient to screen views along the length of the landscape strip.
(2) When a high density residential zone (R3, R4) abuts a low density residential zone (R1, RT, R2), the following screening provisions shall apply to any development in the R3 or R4 zone that requires site plan review in accordance with Chapter 17.135:
(a) a minimum six (6) foot high screening device, such as a sight-obscuring fence or wall shall be installed along the abutting property line between the R3 or R4 zone and the R1, RT, or R2 zone; and,
(b) a landscape strip of evergreen trees and/or evergreen shrubs shall be planted within ten (10) horizontal feet of the screening device required in 17.45.050(2)(a), with said trees and/or shrubs being a minimum height of eight (8) feet at time of planting and spaced so as to grow together within three (3) years of their planting in a manner sufficient to screen views along the length of the landscape strip.
(3) When a fence is used as the screening device in accordance with this Section, said fence shall be composed of wood, vinyl, or other solid material approved by the city planner. A chain link fence with slats may not be used to meet this requirement. (Ord. 03-33 §20, 2003; Ord. 02-32 §7, 2002; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).