23.50A.186

A. Screening and landscaping requirements for all uses. All uses shall provide street trees unless it is determined by the Director to be infeasible. If it is not feasible to plant street trees in the planting strip, then they shall be provided in the required 5-foot-deep landscaped area along street lot lines. B. Solid waste transfer stations 1. All solid waste transfer stations shall provide landscaping meeting a minimum Green Factor score of 0.40, pursuant to Section 23.86.019 . If the transfer station is part of a development located on separate parcels within 200 feet of each other, Green Factor scoring may be calculated for the multiple parcels considered as a whole. If the parcels are in zones having different Green Factor minimum scores, the development considered as a whole shall meet the highest applicable minimum Green Factor score. 2. When a solid waste transfer station is abutting or across the street from a lot in a commercial or residential zone, screening is required pursuant to subsection 23.50A.180.B.2. C. Fences or free-standing walls associated with utility services uses may obstruct or allow views to the interior of a site. Where site dimensions and site conditions allow, applicants are encouraged to provide both a landscaped setback between the fence or wall and the right-of-way, and a fence or wall that provides visual interest facing the street lot line, through the height, design, or construction of the fence or wall, including the use of materials, architectural detailing, artwork, vegetated walls, decorative fencing, or similar features. If abutting or across the street from a lot in a residential, commercial, or downtown zone, fences or free-standing walls for a utility services use must provide either: 1. A 5-foot-deep landscaped area between the wall or fence and the street lot line; or 2. Architectural detailing, artwork, vegetated walls, decorative fencing, or similar features to provide visual interest facing the street lot line, as approved by the Director. ([Renumbered from 23.50A.018.E]; Ord. 126862 , § 8, 2023.)