(a) The requirements of this article shall be applicable to buffer yards required elsewhere in town ordinances, as well as parking lots. Bufferyards that are intended to physically separate and visually screen adjacent land uses that are not fully compatible must be a solid, opaque screen of at least six (6) feet in height. Plants used exclusively for screening must reach a minimum height of forty-eight (48) inches within three (3) years of installation, and be at least twenty-four (24) inches tall when planted.

(b) Residential buffer. A fifteen-foot landscaped and maintained front yard area, composed of trees not less than two and one-half (2½) inches diameter and spaced fifty (50) feet on center, shall be provided next to existing residences or platted residential subdivisions unless otherwise determined by the Town Manager or unless otherwise approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

(c) Side and rear landscaped yards. A landscaped and maintained yard area shall be provided, including a solid visual buffer or screen of at least five (5) feet in height. The width shall be as follows: