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Article 6: Development Standards 281 <br /> Section 6.8: Landscaping, Buffers&Tree Protection <br /> (d) Trash handling facilities, including dumpsters and recycling. <br /> (2) All rooftop equipment shall be screened or setback so that it is not visible from <br /> any adjacent right-of-way, except that solar panels shall be exempt from <br /> screening requirements. <br /> (B) Standards <br /> Features and uses specified above shall provide a visual obstruction from adjacent <br /> properties in conformance with the following standards: <br /> (1) The screen may be composed of view-obscuring vegetation used individually, or <br /> in combination with a wall, semi-opaque fence, or berm. The screen height shall <br /> be eight feet from the ground, except that utilities and trash handling facilities <br /> shall be screened to the height of the facilities plus six inches. <br /> (2) A minimum opacity of at least 80% that obscures views from the ground to the <br /> height of the object being screened shall be attained. <br /> (3) Plant materials shall be at least two feet tall at the time of installation and reach <br /> the desired height within three years of planting. <br /> (4) Except for screening around roof-top equipment, one upright shrub of an <br /> evergreen species shall be installed per four linear feet of any wall or fence that <br /> faces off-site. <br /> (5) Trash and recycling containers must be contained within a gated, durable and <br /> attractive enclosure, compatible with building architecture. Shrubs shall be <br /> planted around the foundation. <br /> (C) Fences and Walls <br /> (1) Fences and walls shall not be required to adhere to the setback requirements <br /> detailed within this Ordinance but shall be located on the property of the <br /> individual erecting the structure. <br /> (2) Fences and walls shall be compatible with building architecture. <br /> (3) Fences and walls shall be setback a minimum of ten feet from any property line <br /> adjoining a road right-of-way, either public or private, to ensure adequate site <br /> visibility. <br /> (4) Fences shall not exceed 12 feet in height. <br /> (5) Privacy fences shall be erected to that support posts and slats are visible and <br /> accessible from the individual's property that erected the structure. <br /> (6) Chain link fencing is not permitted in areas visible from adjacent properties, <br /> parking areas, street or pedestrian walkways unless it is screened through use of <br /> evergreen shrubs. <br /> (D) Credit for Other Landscaping <br /> Plant material in project boundary buffers may be counted towards the planting <br /> requirements of this section when located to serve both functions. <br /> 6.8.10 Landscape and Tree Preservation Plan <br /> (A) Whenever land development for which a site plan, special use permit, MPD-SZ-CD <br /> Master Plan, preliminary plat in the case of major subdivisions or a final plat in the <br /> case of minor subdivisions, is required, a landscape and tree preservation plan <br /> meeting the requirements of this Section must be submitted for review and approval <br /> in accordance with the provisions in Article 2 of this Ordinance. <br /> (B) Landscape and tree preservation plans shall be prepared by certified landscape <br /> architects or other landscape professionals with a proficiency in preparing <br /> landscaping plans, with the exception of minor subdivisions. If a minor subdivision <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-47 <br />