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ORDINANCE 2007- 012 (4) Opaque features. Three (3) -foot and six (6) -foot opaque features may be required within buffers, where specified in the land development regulations. a) A reauired six (6) -foot onaaue feature shall consist of a solid native plant _buffer, a masonry wall, an earthen berm, or a combination berm/vegetation (berm must comprise at least three (3) feet of required opaque feature; vegetation shall consist of shrubs planted in an off -set double row) unless the planning and zoning commission approves a substitute material (such as a completely opaque living landscape barrier) based upon the use and conditions of the project site and adjacent site. Landscapin is s required along both sides of a wall unless otherwise approved by the planning and zoning commission. To minimize the impact upon existing tree roots in cases where a wall is to be located among existingtrees, rees, such wall shall should be a pre -cast concrete panel wall or other similar system that minimizes footer impacts to root systems. Wherever a wall is used as the opaque feature required understory trees and shrubs shall be planted on the side of the wall facing a public street or adjacent property, whichever is applicable. (b) A required three (3) -foot opaque feature may consist of a wall, berm, or a continuous screen of shrubs. Shrubs planted to form this opaque feature shall be arranged in an off -set double row. c) Reauired three-foot and six-foot onaaue features shall be measured from the finished floor elevation of the proposed structure(s). This requirement maybe modified by the planning and zoning commission based upon grade differences and the relationship between the height and mass of the proposed building and its setback from the property line. The maximum required height of an opaque feature shall be eight (8) feet above the finished site grade where the feature is located. d) In cases where an abutting use/district is separated from the proiect site by a thoroughfare plan road, the height of a six (6) -foot opaque feature shall be reduced to three (3) -feet, except in cases where the buffer is to be provided around the perimeter of a single-family or multi -family residential development as required by Section 911.07(8) or 911.08(8). Underline: Additions to Ordinance 35 Strike *t,..,.,,gb Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance F:\Community Development\Users\CurDev\ORDINANCE\2007\2007- 901, 911, 913, 926, 930, & 934 Iandscaping.RTF