15.20.110 Landscape Buffers.
(1) The requirements of this Section shall establish the dimensions and improvement requirements of landscape buffers as required for transitions between dissimilar uses.
(2) Landscape buffers shall be reserved for vegetation and fencing. No parking, driveways, sidewalks, accessory buildings or other impervious surfaces shall be permitted, unless specifically authorized through the project plan review process. Landscape buffers may be located within required landscape yards as established in the applicable zone regulations. Where both landscape buffers and parking lot landscaping are required the more restrictive shall apply.
(3) The width of landscape buffers shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet as set forth in Section 14.34.300, Provo City Code, subject to the following requirements:
(a) Shade trees shall be planted at the rate of one (1) tree for every twenty-five (25) linear feet of landscape buffer;
(b) A continuous evergreen or deciduous shrub hedge shall be planted along the entire length of landscape buffer. This shrub hedge shall have an expected mature height of not less than six (6) feet within three (3) years of planting;
(c) A fence not exceeding six (6) feet in height may be combined with the shrub hedge. Where a fence or wall is required by another Section of this Code the more restrictive requirement shall apply; and
(d) Areas not planted with trees or shrubs shall be maintained as turf, ground cover, or landscaped with mulch or rock.