§ 27-406. Buffering/Screening/Street Trees.  


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  • 1. 
    Street trees provide shade and enhance the streetscape in a manner that serves to buffer pedestrian sidewalks and trails from the street. Street tree types, sizes, and characteristics shall be in accordance with the Phoenixville Borough Tree Ordinance and Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. Where feasible, street trees should be installed in the planting strip between the sidewalk and curb. Alternative tree locations may be considered for unique site conditions, such as overhead utility lines.
    [Amended Ord. No. 2019-2308, 10/8/2019]
    2. 
    All buffering and screening shall be installed and maintained, shall be designed in accordance with the Phoenixville Borough Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, and shall be subject to approval by the Borough for the following:
    A. 
    Off-street parking and loading areas that can be viewed from public streets shall be screened through the use of landscaping, fencing and/or walls.
    B. 
    Kennels shall have a twenty-five-foot-wide buffer yard and shall be screened through the use of landscaping.
    C. 
    Commercial and/or office developments in the MG District shall have a twenty-foot-wide buffer yard, when adjoining the RI District, and shall be screened through the use of landscaping and fencing.
    D. 
    Industrial developments in the I District shall have a twenty-five-foot-wide buffer yard and shall be screened through the use of landscaping or fencing.
    E. 
    Any windowless building in the MG and I Districts shall be screened through the use of fencing, landscaping or a combination thereof.
    F. 
    Permanent or pad-mounted mechanical equipment, such as air conditioning and heating units, shall be screened from public views of the property through the use of fencing, walls, landscaping or a combination thereof.
    [Added Ord. No. 2019-2308, 10/8/2019]
    G. 
    Views of plumbing vent pipes, electric/phone/cable terminals and utility meters in front yards and on front building facades shall be screened or partially screened to help mitigate views of this equipment.
    [Added Ord. No. 2019-2308, 10/8/2019]
Ord. 2227, 12-10-2013