§ 407. Screening required.

Whenever screening is required by this ordinance, a durable masonry wall, or fence and hedge of sufficient opacity to provide a visual blind designed to be compatible with the character of adjoining properties, shall be provided. Such fences and/or walls shall be at least six feet in height, but no greater than eight feet in height, measured from the ground along the common lot lines of the adjoining properties. When hedges or natural plantings are used (together with the fence prescribed) to form the required screening, the minimum sufficient opacity shall be deemed to require no less than three feet of plantings and/or hedge in the area immediately adjacent to the fence, measured along the ground surface from the fence to the inside border of said plantings and/or hedge plantings. Hedges of comparable natural plantings shall be of such variety that an average height of at least six feet could be expected by normal growth within no later than two years from the time of planting. The building official shall make determination of the degree of satisfactory completion of required screening according to a common standard; the building official decisions in each instance may be appealed to the planning and zoning commission.