1. To reduce the visibility of service areas, mechanical equipment, trash and recycling containers, and other similar uses, while maintaining accessibility for service providers and users.

2. To mitigate the off-site visual impacts of service and mechanical equipment areas when siting alone does not adequately mitigate impacts.

1. Locate service areas, utility vaults, mechanical equipment, and waste receptacles (trash containers, compactors, and mechanical equipment) behind buildings, in the back of the property, or away from highly visible areas to minimize visual, noise, and physical impacts on the site, street environment, and adjacent properties.

2. Locate waste receptacles in areas convenient for on-site use and accessible for collection. Waste receptacles may not be placed within thirty feet (30') of a residential property line, except that the Planning Commission may approve a location within thirty feet (30') if it can be shown that the receptacle will not emit odors or otherwise create a nuisance to the adjacent residential property.

3. Where service elements (refuse and recycling collection areas) are visible from the sidewalk or adjacent properties, the elements shall be screened on all sides with materials similar to or consistent with the design of the primary structure(s) on the site.

4. Roof top mechanical equipment shall be screened from view by such methods as roof wells or parapets.

5. Design and select landscaping and structural materials of sufficient size, quantity, and height to effectively screen service elements and to make them compatible with the associated buildings.

6. Screening should incorporate landscaping.

7. For all types of service area screening, use materials and colors that are consistent and compatible with those used for the building. (Ord. 2949, 4/14/20; Ord. 2144, 12/9/03)