22.60.050 Site screening.
The following site screening standards shall be required in all zones where site screening landscaping is mandatory.
A. Landscaped areas shall include use of evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs, perennial or annual flowers, ground cover, lawn, or a combination of such materials. In particular this means:
1. All landscape plants shall be trees and shrubs that are drought-tolerant and adapted to the Pacific Northwest region. (No invasive or noxious plants.)
2. Each individual landscaped site screening area one hundred square feet or less shall include at least one tree a minimum of six feet in height.
3. Each individual landscaped site screening area one hundred square feet or less shall include at least ten shrubs a minimum of two feet in height.
4. Each individual landscaped site screening area not covered by trees and shrubs shall be planted in ground cover or lawn.
B. Where developments face or adjoin the front, side, or rear yard of residential zones, the proposed developments shall observe and respect the established character of the existing residences and shall be required to provide compatible site development and landscaping. The boundary shall be screened by one of the following methods:
1. Screen Type I. Trees and shrubs planted to provide a solid screen within three years after planting;
2. Screen Type II. Fencing a minimum of six feet in height and shall include the planting of screen-type trees spaced a maximum of ten feet on center and screen type shrubs a minimum of two feet in height.
C. Motels and motor hotels shall provide and maintain a screen type II with one hundred percent planting of evergreen trees and evergreen shrubs a minimum width of ten feet on any boundaries adjoining a residential zone or adjoining a right-of-way separating a commercial zone from a residential zone.
D. Where landscaping areas are along street frontages within twenty feet of the corner of a driveway, alley, or street intersection, no shrubs shall be allowed to grow higher than twenty-four inches and no tree shall have branches or foliage below six feet.
E. Where a fire hydrant is located, shrubs shall be placed a minimum of five feet away from a hydrant. Trees shall be placed a minimum of ten feet away from a hydrant. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 965-05 § 9).