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46 <br />d) <br />underground. Types of lighting to be considered <br />shall include, but not be limited to, indoor <br />lights when visible through windows, outdoor <br />lighting, automobile headlights and signs. <br />Devices to shield lighting may include shades, <br />fences, shrubs, trees and natural conditions. <br />4. Parking areas and driveways used in connection <br />with facilities constructed pursuant to this <br />Section 6.16.12 shall either be surfaced or shall <br />be located and maintained in a condition so that <br />dust and dirt will not settle on adjoining <br />properties as a result of their use. Driveway <br />entrances shall be located in a manner that will <br />create as few additional traffic hazards as <br />possible. <br />5. Buildings, structures, equipment or material shall <br />be screened by either a durable masonry wall, or a <br />fence, or by natural planting, designed to be <br />compatible with the character of adjoining <br />properties, in order to materially screen the uses <br />within the subject property from the view of <br />adi acent properties. ... <> :1:: »:be:: »: eqU ed <br />.:;. >:..: »:. >e`:? walls and fences <br />sha' I' Se' at '`' ' "Feet` "'in -"height, but need not <br />be greater than 7 feet in height, measured from <br />the ground along the common lot line of adjoining <br />properties. Walls and fences shall be constructed <br />and maintained in a safe and sound condition. <br />Where natural planting is used as screening, a <br />strip of land at least 10 feet in width shall be <br />reserved for this purpose. The planting strip <br />shall be composed of an arrangement of shrubs and <br />trees. The shrubs shall be evergreen and shall be <br />arranged in 2 rows as minimum and planted at an <br />initial height of at least 3 feet, with distance <br />between shrubs being not more than 5 feet. The <br />shrubs shall be of such variety that an average <br />height of at least 6 feet could be expected as <br />normal growth within no more than 2 years from the <br />time of planting. Trees, which may be eight <br />evergreen or deciduous, shall augment the <br />arrangement of shrubs so that there will be a <br />screening effect of opacity to materially screen <br />the use within the subject property from the view <br />of adjacent properties. <br />The minimum required lot area for such uses shall be <br />