98-34 - Screening and Landscaping Requirements for Vacant Sites

LAST AMENDED
6/23/2005

Any #zoning lot# within the #High Line Transfer Corridor# that has transferred #floor area# pursuant to Section 98-33 (Transfer of
Development Rights From the High Line Transfer Corridor), and is 50 percent or more vacant shall be screened from the #street# and/or
landscaped in accordance with the provisions of this Section, except that #zoning lots# occupied by #buildings# that extend along at least
85 percent of the #street# frontage of the #zoning lot# and are located within five feet of the #street line# are not required to provide
screening or landscaping.

Such open or vacant areas on #zoning lots# shall be screened from the #street# by a fence or gate with a surface that is at least 75 percent
open, extending not less than six feet and not higher than eight feet above finished grade; or alternatively, by a planting strip at least four
feet wide and densely planted with evergreen shrubs at least four feet high at the time of planting or of a variety expected to reach a height
of six feet within three years, or by both. Chain link and fences containing barbed wire or razor wire shall be prohibited. For portions of
#zoning lots# located beneath the #High Line#, planting strips shall be prohibited.