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Article 6: Development Standards 44 Section 6.8: Landscaping, Buffers&Tree Protection All screening installation shall comply with NC State Building Codes and provide clearance around onsite utilities and equipment to allow for accessibility for maintenance purposes. Features and uses specified above shall provide a visual obstruction from adjacent properties in conformance with the following standards: (1) The screen may be composed solely of view-obscuring vegetation used individually, or in combination with a wall, semi-opaque fence, or berm. The screen height shall be eight feet from the ground, except that utilities and trash handling facilities shall be screened to the height of the facilities plus six inches. (2) A minimum opacity of at least 80% that obscures views from the ground to the height of the object being screened shall be attained. (3) Plant materials shall be at least two feet tall at the time of installation and reach the desired height within three years of planting. (4) Except for screening around roof-top equipment, one upright shrub of an evergreen species shall be installed per four linear feet of any wall_-Gf--fence, or trash/recycling enclosure that faces off-site. (5) Trash and recycling containers must be contained within a gated, durable and attractive enclosure,constructed of materials compatible with building architecture. Shrubs shall be planted a ndd the fne-windatiGR ubseG+ieR (4) (C) Fences and Walls (1) Fences and walls shall not be required to adhere to the setback requirements detailed within this Ordinance but shall be IeGate d „n the property of the ndavi, ual 0 o^tinn the at;,�e. (2) Fences and walls shall be Femnatihle with building arcp;teEtUrc (3) Fences and walls shall be setback a minimum of ten feet from any property line adjoining a road right-of-way, either public or private, to ensure adequate site visibility. (4) Fences shall not exceed 12 feet in height. (5) Privacy fences shall be erected to that support posts and slats are visible and accessible from the individual's property that erected the structure. (6) Chain link fencing is not permitted in areas visible from adjacent properties, parking areas, street or pedestrian walkways unless it is screened through use of evergreen shrubs at a density of four(4) shrubs for every 100 feet. (D) Credit for Other Landscaping Plant material in project boundary buffers may be counted towards the planting requirements of this section when located to serve both functions. 6.8.106.8.9 Landscape and Tree Preservation Plan (A) Whenever regulated land development for which a site plan, ^^e^ial use permit, MPD-CD Master Plan, preliminary plat iR the Gase of major sub di„ioiGRS or a final plat in the case of rr oner subdivisions, is required, except Exempt or Expedited Subdivisions, as provided by Sections 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 of this Ordinance, a landscape and tree preservation plan meeting the requirements of this Section must be submitted for review and approval in accordance with the provisions in Article 2 of this Ordinance. (1) In consideration of existing site conditions during review of the landscape and tree preservation plan, the Planning Director may add additional tree protection areas when determining the exact location of any tree protection fencing. (B) Landscape and tree preservation plans shall be prepared by certified landscape architects or other landscape professionals with a proficiency in preparing landscaping plans, with the exception of minor subdivisions. If a minor subdivision must install Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-49