§ 28-5-37. Outside Storage of Materials and Inventory.

Uses that involve the outdoor storage of inventory, materials, parts, or equipment shall comply with the following standards for outdoor storage:

(a)

Required Setbacks. Outdoor storage shall not be located within a required front yard as specified in Section 28-4-1(h), Table of Dimensional Regulations, of this ordinance or closer than fifty (50) feet to any street or any residential district boundary line;

(b)

Screening Requirements. Outdoor storage shall be screened from view from adjacent streets and properties by the installation of solid and opaque fences, walls, or enclosures, which shall be maintained in good condition. Where buildings on the premises are located so as to screen views from adjacent streets and properties, such buildings may be considered to be part of the required screening in lieu of fences, walls, and enclosures to the extent that the buildings provide such visual screening. Inventory, materials, and parts or materials stored outdoors shall not be stacked higher than the height of the surrounding fence, wall, enclosure, or building, and in no case shall be stacked higher than twenty (20) feet vertical distance; and

(c)

Buffer for Residential Districts and Offices Within Industrial (IN) Districts. Where the storage area abuts a residential district boundary line or a lot within an IN District for which the principal use is offices, a landscaped buffer shall be established in addition to the required screening. The landscaped buffer shall be established between the screening enclosure around storage area and the adjacent residential district boundary line or the lot lines of an office use. The landscaped buffer shall be a year-round visual barrier that is created at a minimum height of six (6) feet and a width of at least ten (10) feet from and parallel to each residential district boundary line or to the lot lines of an office use.

(d)

Maximum Area of Lot to be Used or Designated for Outside Storage. The maximum area of a lot that may be used or designated for outside storage shall be determined by the application of a ratio of one and three-tenths to one (1.3:1) which is the ratio of the area of outside storage to the gross floor area of the buildings which house the principal use of the lot.

(Ord. No. 2746, § II, 3-9-09)