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Ordinance , Exhibit C: Amended Article 7 Note: underlined and bolded text represents new text; strike through represents text to be eliminated <br /> <br />one to be used during temporary power outages or in similar limited use <br />situations), may adjust or reduce the requirements for noise attenuation to <br />correspond to the duration, frequency or intensity that the generator is to <br />operate. <br /> <br />4. Required Separation/Mitigation Adjacent to Residential Parcel. Either a <br />landscaped buffer and/or a masonry wall shall be provided along rear and side <br />property lines, which are adjacent to residential parcels, as required as part of <br />an approved Site Development Plan per Article 25. <br /> <br />a. Option of Yard Setback. In cases where a building would otherwise be <br />permitted with no rear or side yard setback, a minimum side and/or rear <br />yard of ten (10) feet shall be provided, which shall be used exclusively for <br />the planting of a landscape screen. Evergreen trees with spacing not to <br />exceed twenty (20) feet, and of a minimum fifteen (15) gallon size, shall be <br />provided within the required yard. Tree selection shall provide for a near <br />total screen, up to a height of twenty (20) feet within five (5) years from <br />planting. Such landscaping shall be permanently maintained. <br /> <br />b. Option of Masonry Wall. A minimum eight (8) foot high wall shall be <br />provided adjacent to residential parcels, as required by Section 4-1642, or <br />as high as required by acoustical analysis (to be provided by applicant), <br />when a vacant industrial parcel is developed or an existing use is <br />expanded so as to significantly increase the potential for additional traffic <br />and/or noise impacts to the residential areas. A wall will typically be <br />required whenever an active service, staging and/or storage yard is <br />immediately adjacent to a residential parcel. (Ord. 2001-015 § 1) <br /> <br />2-741 Parcels Adjoining Residential Districts—Additional Performance <br />Standards <br /> <br />A. Intent. The purpose of this section is to reduce the potential noise impacts to the <br />residents within adjoining Residential Districts, from late night/early morning <br />activity, by establishing performance standards for all businesses. <br /> <br />B. Applicability. The requirements of this Section apply to activities within two hundred <br />(200) feet from the edge of a Residential District. The requirements of this Section <br />do not apply to industrial parcels that are separated from a Residential District by <br />either an active mainline railroad right-of-way or Interstate 880. <br /> <br />C. Performance Standards for Loading and Shipping Activity. To reduce impacts on <br />adjoining residents, those uses conducting loading and shipping activity between <br />the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. shall avoid generating extraneous noise that <br />can be heard by adjoining residents (e.g. loud conversations, playing of recorded