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ORDINANCE 2014- 010 S= Special exception use *The use shall be conducted within an enclosed building. **See 971.44 for wireless regulations and to determine whether the administrative permit or special exception use process applies. (6) Upgrade of 45`h Street Appearance. On or before June 30, 2015, the owner of any pre- existing junk and salvage yard (unenclosed facility) that fronts 451h Street shall obtain approval from the community development director or his designee of a landscaping and irrigation plan for a continuous vegetative screening between 45th Street and the salvage yard area. A wall or similar structure with aesthetic features may substitute for continuous vegetative screening if shown on an approved plan. The landscaping and irrigation plan, or plan for a wall or similar structure with aesthetic features, shall be subject to the following: A. Landscaping improvements shown on the approved landscaping plan shall be installed, inspected, and deemed acceptable by county staff on or before June 30, 2016. B. Plans shall show a wall (or similar structure) with aesthetic features or vegetative screening consisting of one or more of the following: planted berms, vines, shrubs, understory trees and canopy trees. Where used, vines shall be planted no further apart than 42" on center and shrubs shall be planted no further apart than 36" on center. Landscaping and irrigation improvements shall be designed in a manner that does not increase the degree of non -conformity with respect to parking area for any junk and salvage yard (unenclosed facility). This requirement to provide a wall (or similar structure) with aesthetic features or continuous vegetative screening shall not infringe upon the right of a property owner to continue to use a legally established (grandfathered -in) non -conforming parking area adjacent to 45th Street. C. Where a wall or similar structure with aesthetic features is substituted for continuous vegetative screening, the wall or similar structure shall be constructed, inspected, and deemed acceptable by county staff on or before June 30, 2016. (7) Buffer yard requirements. For new development, where a nonresidential use within the WGIC overlay area directly abuts a single-family or multifamily residential zoning district or use, a landscaped buffer yard meeting the following specifications shall be required along the side and/or rear property line of the development site. Single -Family Zoning Multi -Family Zoning Type A 6 ft. a ue Type A 6 ft. Oa ue The buffer yard shall be measured at a right angle to the lot line. All buffering and screening requirements shall meet the standards established in Chapter 926, Landscaping and Buffering. No off-street parking or loading area shall be permitted within the required minimum buffer yard. R\Community Development\Gifford (WGIC)\2014UPDATE\6-3-14BCCWGICOverlayDistrictordinace.doc 5