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Screening regulations in the M-2 Heavy Industrial District shall be as follows: (1) Where a side lot line abuts property in an R district, there shall be a continuous evergreen vegetative screen or opaque structural fence or wall not less than six feet in height erected along such lot line, but not within 15 feet of any street line. Evergreen vegetative material intended to satisfy this subsection shall be of the specified height at the time of installation and shall be planted at such intervals that will result in a continuous visual screen within one year of planting. (2) Screening of parking areas and refuse areas shall be provided as set forth in Sections 30-660 and 30-710.12 . (3) Automobile junkyards and similar uses involving outside storage of scrapped or junked materials shall be screened from view from public streets, public spaces and adjacent properties in an R or RO district by opaque structural fences or walls not less than six feet in height. (Code 1993, § 32-454.5; Code 2004, § 114-454.5; Code 2015, § 30-454.5)