Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County

For ground-mounted PSES - "Screening and vegetation: [1] 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. [2] 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. [3] Perimeter fence shall be placed between shrubs and solar panels. [4] Widespread use of herbicides to control ground cover growth is prohibited. [5] The applicant shall agree to, execute and record a maintenance agreement ensuring the continued maintenance of the screening in a manner and form acceptable to the Township, including but not limited to the posting of a performance guarantee."