REYNOLDSBURG ZONING CODE i. Grass or Ground Cover Required. Grass or ground cover shall be planted on all portions of the required buffer not occupied by other landscape material. Trees do not have to be equally spaced but may be grouped. All landscape requirements shall be met by the applicant if his/her property is contiguous to property fully developed prior to the passage of this chapter. A landscape plan meeting the requirements of this section shall be approved by the Planning Commission or the Planning and Zoning Administrator in conjunction with the site plan and design review process before the commencement of construction on the subject property. ii. Buffer Requirements. When one zoning classification abuts another zoning classification, a minimum buffer zone shall be required as follows: 1. Any residential zone adjoining the EMD, BMD, or ORD-C; required buffer zone is ten feet (10’) adjacent to all common boundaries except street frontage and shall include one (1) tree for each forty feet (40’) of linear boundary, or fraction thereof, and a continuous six foot (6’) high planting, hedge, fence, wall, earth mound, or combination thereof. 2. Any residential zone adjoining the CC required buffer zone is fifteen feet (15’) adjacent to all common boundaries except street frontage and shall include one (1) tree for each forty feet (40’) of linear boundary, or fraction thereof, and a continuous six foot (6’) high planting, hedge, fence, wall, earth mound or combination thereof. 3. Any residential use adjoining a property located in a residential zone operating with a conditional use; required buffer zone is fifteen feet (15’) adjacent to all common boundaries except street frontage and shall include one (1) tree for each forty feet of linear boundary, or fraction thereof, and a continuous six foot (6’) high planting, hedge, fence, wall, earth mound or combination thereof. 4. Any residential zone or any residential use in any zoning classification adjoining an Innovation (I) District required buffer zone is twenty feet (20’) adjacent to all common boundaries except street frontage and shall include one (1) tree for each twenty (20) feet of linear boundary, or fraction thereof, and a continuous six foot (6’) high planting, hedge, fence, wall, earth mound or combination thereof. 5. Any zone adjoining a freeway or arterial street prohibiting driveways; required buffer zone is twenty feet (20’) for residential zones and fifteen feet (15’) for all other zones adjacent to a freeway or arterial and shall include one (1) tree for each thirty feet (30’) of linear boundary, or fraction thereof, and a continuous six foot (6’) high planting, hedge, fence, wall, earth mound or combination thereof. 6. Any zone (except Innovation) adjoining a railroad; required buffer zone is twenty feet (20’) for residential zones and fifteen feet (15’) for all other zones adjacent to railroad boundaries and shall include one (1) tree for each thirty feet (30’) of linear boundary, or fraction thereof, and a continuous six foot (6’) high planting, hedge, fence, wall, earth mound or combination thereof. 149
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