Figure – Foundation Landscaping
(4) Ingress/Egress Area . For nonresidential and multi-family, where a portion of the front, side or rear of a building is devoted to pedestrian ingress/egress, vehicular ingress/egress, loading or unloading zones and accessibility for persons with disabilities, foundation landscaping areas may be aggregated into one (1) or more locations along a building wall so as to not interfere with such ingress/egress. (5) Rear & Side Foundation Landscaping . Where a side or rear foundation landscape area is required and there is also a required perimeter buffer yard or street buffer based on the zoning or street classification, then the foundation landscaping on the side or rear may not be required. (6) Exception . The requirements of Section §9-1709 Foundation Landscaping Requirements shall not apply to nonresidential, multi-family or mixed-use developments in the Downtown Center-1 (DC-1) District, Downtown Center-2 (DC- 2) District, Residential Mixed-Use (RMU), Commercial Mixed-Use (CMU), and Employment Mixed-Use (EMU) Form-Based Zoning Districts.
§9-1710 PERIMETER BUFFER YARDS
The Town of Fuquay-Varina considers perimeter buffer yards as a necessary component of any development within the Town’s corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction for the purpose of compatibility between different use intensities and comfort and enjoyment for individual property owners. Perimeter buffer yard standards are designed to provide a vegetative transition between developments; mitigating negative impacts to adjacent land uses; preserving open space and existing vegetation where possible and supplementing with new plantings where necessary to obtain the minimum standard buffer; and to prevent or minimize grading changes between adjacent properties to
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