Franklin Township, Erie County

"5) Screening and vegetation. (a) Street screening shall consist of slat fencing or shrubs, six feet to eight feet high when mature, that shall be planted every 15 feet of property abutting a public right-of­ way. Shrubs shall be planted adjacent to or outside of the road right-of-way. Solar perimeter fence shall be placed between shrubs and solar panels. Reasonable modifications to these requirements may be requested through the conditional use process (b) Residential buffer screening may be slat fencing or a row of evergreen conifers or broadleaf evergreens spaced in accordance with the chosen species to achieve a continuous visual barrier reaching six feet to eight feet in height within two years of planting. Screening may be a combination of plantings and/or structures with prior approval by the Township. Reasonable modifications to these requirements may be requested through the conditional use process. (c) The perimeter fence shall be placed between shrubs and solar panels. (d) Widespread use of herbicides to control ground cover growth is prohibited."