§ 17.24.220. Other uses within landscape buffer yards.

A.

Trails. Sidewalks or bike trails may occur within landscape buffer yards provided that the required effect of the yard is not compromised. In no event, however, shall the following uses be permitted in landscape buffer yards: playfields, stables, swimming pools, golf courses, tennis courts, and other recreational facilities; parking areas and other vehicular use areas; dumpsters, equipment storage and other open storage; buildings or overhangs.

B.

Stormwater Retention/Detention Facilities. Surface stormwater retention/detention facilities shall not be permitted to encroach into landscape buffer yards. Subterranean facilities which are designed in a manner so as not to interfere with the proper installation and maintenance of the yard are allowed.

C.

Buffer yards shall be continuous and unbroken except for driveways or sidewalks required to access parking areas or streets. Driveway/sidewalk penetrations shall cross the buffer yard as close to perpendicular as possible and shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the entire buffer yard, with no single penetration to exceed thirty-five feet.

(Amdt. 1 with Ord. 98-1268 § 1 (part), 1998; Ord. 96-555 § 6.5(E), 1997)