Windbreaks.
Boulder Revised Code 1981 § 10-12-18
in effect10-12-18. - Windbreaks.
(a) Where any mobile home park is located on flat open land, without natural barriers to strong winds (such as hills, bluffs or large stands of trees), windbreaks shall be provided to protect mobile homes from the effects of such winds.
(b) Windbreaks shall be designed and located in relation to wind velocities and directions and the existing and proposed topography and vegetation and shall be approved by the planning department.
(c) One or more of the following techniques shall be used in providing windbreak screening:
(1) Landscape buffering: a combination of trees and "understory" shrubbery of dense deciduous or evergreen plant material with mature shrub heights ranging from four to twelve feet or clustered or row-planted tree or shrub hedges;
(2) Earth berming combined with landscape buffering; or
(3) Opaque fencing (eighty-five percent or more capacity) or wood or masonry screening, complying with building and zoning code requirements.
(4) Other techniques may be utilized as part of a site review under the provisions of Section 9-2-14, "Site Review," B.R.C. 1981.
(d) All plant material used for windbreak protection shall be of an established variety known to provide wind resistance in the Boulder area and conforming to the American Association of Nurserymen specifications and standards.
Ordinance Nos. 4907 (1985); 5562 (1993)
Source: City of Boulder, Colorado, Revised Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT10ST_CH12MOHO_10-12-18WIFetched: 11/14/2026