HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Screening and landscaping around mechanical equipment ORDINANCE NO. 3997
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
AMES, IOWA, BY ADOPTING TEXT AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS
29.201(116) AND 29.408(4)AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 29.403(6)
THEREOF,FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING
AROUND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT; REPEALING ANY AND ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT TO THE
EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT;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
adopting text amendments to Sections 29.201(116)and 29.408(4)and enacting a new Section 29.403(6)as follows:
"Sec.29.201. DEFINITIONS.
(116) Mechanical Unit means a climate control device and/or a piece of hardware used for the
delivery or measurement of utilities.
See.29.403. LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING.
(6) Screening and placement of mechanical units.Mechanical units must meet all screening
requirements of Section 29.408(4)and must be located outside of required landscape areas.However,in situations where
upgrades or relocations of mechanical units for utility services are necessary to provide continued service,the Director
of Planning&Housing may approve placement of mechanical units in required landscape areas, and may also waive
screening requirements of mechanical units,if the Director determines that such upgrades or relocations could not have
been anticipated either at the time of platting or at the time of site development when the utilities were first planned
and/or installed,and that there is insufficient room for the relocated or upgraded utility mechanical units to be screened
or placed outside of required landscape areas.
Sec.29.408. OTHER GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
(4) Mechanical Units. For all uses, except for single-family and two-family dwellings, all
mechanical units 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,Ord. No. 3665, 5-28-02)."
Section Two. All ordinances,or parts of ordinances,in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict,if any.
Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as
required by law.
Passed this 141h day of July ,2009.
Aan .Voss,City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor