18.23.060 Additional development standards for the C-N, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, and M-1 zones.
A. Loading and unloading docks shall not be visible from the street.
B. Mechanical equipment on rooftops shall be sited and designed to minimize noise and effectively screen the equipment from view from adjacent properties and rights-of-way. The following methods, or a combination thereof, may be used:
1. Set back from the roof edge to obscure visibility from below;
2. Integration into the building architecture, using building walls, roof wells or roof parapets to conceal the equipment;
3. Equipment enclosure or sight-obscuring fencing or landscaping;
4. Overhead trellis or roof to obscure visibility from above.
Materials used to screen mechanical equipment shall be the same as or compatible with the design of the principal structure. (Ord. 6885 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 6433 § 26, 2012.)