§ 2.6. SCREENING OF EQUIPMENT AND UTILITIES.

2.6.1.   Applicability.

The following table summarizes the applicability of this section:

Standard	Applies if the Principal Street Is:	Applies to the Following:
2.6. Screening of Equipment and Utilities	All roadway types	- All non-residential zoning districts- The following uses are exempt, in addition to the general exemptions of Section 1.2.4.: local utilities services use, electric service transformers within the right-of-way, telecommunication towers

 

2.6.2.   Standards.

All development subject to this section shall comply with the following requirements:

A.

Solid waste collection areas and mechanical equipment, including equipment located on a rooftop but not including solar panels, shall be screened from the view of a person standing on the property line on the far side of an adjacent public street. (See Figure 35.)

(See Figure 35 set forth in Exhibit A attached to Ord. 20130606-088; Screening of mechanical equipment.)

B.

Loading docks, truck parking, outdoor storage, trash collection, trash compaction, and other service functions shall be incorporated into the overall design of the building and landscape so that the visual impacts of these functions are fully contained and out of view from adjacent properties and public streets. Screening materials for solid waste collection and loading areas shall be the same as, or of equal quality to, the materials used for the principal building. In the downtown, loading docks, truck parking, outdoor storage, trash collection, trash compaction, and other service functions may be placed alongside public alleys without the necessity of screening.

Source: Ord. 20060831-068; Ord. 20130606-088.