14.020 Screening. — Petaluma Zoning Code

Screening refers to a wall, fence, hedge, informal planting or berm, provided for the purpose of buffering a building or activity from neighboring areas or from the street. When required, screening may be provided by one or more of the following means:

A. A solid masonry wall meeting the standards of the Building Code.
B. A solid board fence of approved design with wood posts not less than four (4) inches by four (4) inches and solid board cover not less than one (1) inch in thickness. Masonry piers may be substituted for wood posts. Posts or piers shall be spaced not more than eight (8) feet on centers.

The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8, 2025.

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Ch. 14 Landscaping and Screening | Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance

C. An opaque evergreen trimmed hedge, the thickness of which shall not be less than forty (40) percent of its required or intended height.

D. An opaque evergreen informal screen planting, the thickness of which shall not be less than fifty (50) percent of its required or intended height.

E. An earth berm may be used in combination with any of the above types of screening, but not more than twothirds (2/3) of the required height of such screening may be provided by the berm.