17.112.070 Landscaping and site treatment (applies to all zoning districts).
(1) All sites shall be planted with landscaping that meets the standards of Chapter 17.145 SMC.
(2) All landscape plans shall address the functional aspects of landscaping including drainage, erosion control, wind barriers, shade, energy conservation, sound absorption, dust abatement and the reduction of glare.
(3) In locations where plant material will be susceptible to injury from pedestrian, bicycle or motor vehicle traffic, it shall be protected by appropriate curbs, tree guards or other devices.
(4) Where landscaping is used as a screening device, it shall be equally effective in winter and summer.
(5) In areas where plant material will not prosper, other landscaping elements shall be employed. These may include fences or walls, or paving with wood, brick, stone or cobbles. Suitable plant material shall be combined with these elements wherever possible.
(6) In addition, any outside storage must have approved sight-obscuring screening around the storage area, and may include awnings, greenhouses, patio covers, etc.
(7) Refuse.
(a) Refuse containers screening shall be required and be of a material and design compatible with the overall architectural theme of the associated structure, shall be at least as high as the refuse container, and shall in no case be less than six feet high.
(b) No refuse container shall be permitted between a street and the front of a building.
(c) Refuse collection areas shall be designed to contain all refuse generated on-site and deposited between collections. Deposited refuse shall not be visible from outside the refuse enclosure. (Ord. 1110 § 3, 2002; Ord. 950, 1996).