HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Revising Zoning Regulations related to Screening Mechanical Equipment ORDINANCE NO. 3665
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
AMES,IOWA,BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 29.408(4)AND RE-ENACTING
SAID SUBSECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVISING ZONING
REGULATIONS FOR SCREENING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
REPEALING ANY AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; PROVIDING A
PENALTY;AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED,by the City Council for the City of Ames,Iowa,that:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall be and the same is hereby amended by
repealing Subsection 29.408(4)and re-enacting a new Subsection 29.408(4)as follows:
"(4) Mechanical Equipment. For all uses,except for single-family and two-family dwellings,
all mechanical equipment located on the ground, such as cooling or heating equipment, pumps or
generators, shall be substantially screened from the street and any abutting residential properties by
a partially sight obscuring fence and/or shrubs. Such fence and/or shrubs shall be at least six inches
higher than the height of the mechanical equipment. All mechanical equipment mounted on roofs,or
on the walls of buildings, shall be completely screened from the ground level of any abutting
residentially zoned lot and substantially screened from all other adjacent properties at any level,with
materials that are consistent with the architectural materials used on the exterior of the building.
(Ord. No. 3610, 4-10-01)"
Section Two. Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a municipal infraction punishable
as set out in Section 1.9 of this Code.
Section Three. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict,if any.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as
required by law.
Passed this 28`'day of May,2002.
Diane R.Voss,City Clerk Ted Tedesco,Mayor