O-2020-3770 Amending regulations related to truck stops, landscaping requirements, and storage of hazardous material

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product and installed and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.The owner and/or controller of the premises shall be responsible for 1)obtaining a building permit prior to installation of the electric fence; 2) installing and maintaining signage that identifies the fence as an "electric fence",and 3) scheduling a city inspection to confirm the product is tested/approved and installed in accordance with manufacturer's instructions. (c)Permit fees shall be in accordance with Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances. (d)In any prosecution under this section testimony that any fence was under the control of the defendant or situated on his premises and that any person received an electric shock by coming in contact with such fence shall be prima facie evidence that such defendant caused such fence to be charged with a current of electricity and caused and permitted such fence to be connected with a source of electricity. Sec. 106-800—Commercial Landscaping (a) Lot and setback standards. (1)All off-street parking, maneuvering and loading areas shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from any street right-of-way line. (2)All opaque screening walls and fences shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way line of a specified major thoroughfare. (3)All open storage areas,where permitted by the underlying zoning district,shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way line of a specified major thoroughfare. Sec. 106-801.—Alternative Landscaping Option. (a)Landscaping is required along the front property line and along the side property lines in a minimum four feet wide planting strip.Corner lots shall be treated as having two front property lines.A certified site plan and/or separate landscape plans shall be submitted in conjunction with building permit applications. A landscape legend on the site plan shall include type, size, and number of plantings existing and proposed at site. Approval of landscape requirements is a condition of building permit approval. The perimeter landscaping requirements of this subsection are not applicable in the Main Street District Overlay. (b) Landscaping within public rights-of-way will not contribute towards a total required landscaping for parking and open-space areas unless approved by the director. Landscaping on public property or easements is at owner's risk and subject to the requirements of section 106-794(Fences and trees on utility easements)of this chapter. (c)Landscaping plans shall be developed using the following criteria: (1)Location. a. The required planting strip shall be located adjacent to the front and side property lines up to the front of the primary structure of the site or the building setback line,whichever is greater. b. Trees within the planting strip. There shall be at least one shade tree for every 30 linear feet of front property. When overhead utility lines are parallel and adjacent to the planting strip or run parallel within the planting strip, ornamental trees may be substituted for the required street trees at the rate of one tree for every 20 linear feet of front property.Trees shall be planted within the planting strip in a boulevard type manner on center and uniform distance from the curb or pavement. c. Shrubs within the planting strip. When a parking lot is located between the building and any adjacent right-of-way, shrubs are required in the planting strip adjacent to the right-of-way and shall be spaced at three feet on center. At maturity, shrubs in a required planting strip should form a continual evergreen hedge or row of 36 inch in height. d. Landscaping shall be in accordance with the visibility triangle requirements in section 106-311