A. A planted landscape buffer shall be provided and maintained by the owner or lessee of a nonresidential property contiguous to a residentially used or zoned property, except where natural or physical barriers exist. Buffer areas are required along lot and street lines of all nonresidential lots where such property lines or the center line of adjacent streets abut residential uses or residential zoning district lines and where a farm use abuts a major subdivision of five acres or more or a major site plan. Each permitted use shall provide and maintain attractively landscaped grounds and suitable screening in order to safeguard the character of adjacent districts. The width of the buffer areas for each particular zoning district shall be as prescribed in § 215-86. Buffer areas shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to either a straight lot or street lines, or the tangent lines of curved lot or street lines. No above surface structure or activity, the storage of materials or parking of vehicles shall be permitted in the buffer areas. All buffer areas shall be planted and maintained with grass or ground cover, together with a dense screen of trees, shrubs or other plant materials.

B. This landscape buffer shall be developed in accordance with all of the requirements of Chapter 119, Landscaping.

A. The width of all landscape buffers shall not be less than 20 feet.

B. Required buffer areas along abutting farm uses shall consist of the following:

(1) A minimum of 100 feet of buffer area, which 100 feet may be reduced to not less than 50 feet by the Planning Board if the configuration or other characteristics of the land are such that the full 100 feet of buffer area creates an undue hardship upon reasonable development of the property.

(2) A six-foot-high chain link fence installed along the property line of any development abutting farmland, which shall be installed by the applicant or the developer. The fence shall be of such a construction and quality as is approved by the Township Engineer, who shall not unreasonably withhold his/her approval. The fence shall be properly maintained by the developer or its successor in title.

(3) Plant material shall be planted in reasonable proximity to the chain link fence. The plant materials shall be of such a type and nature as to provide a visual and dust screen and must be at least six feet in height when properly planted. The Planning Board shall determine the type of plant material at the time of the site plan or subdivision approval, in keeping with the requirements of Chapter 119, Landscaping, and shall take into consideration the recommendations of its professionals, the landscape and shade tree committee and of owners or farmers of adjacent farmland in making such determination.