76-517. Outdoor storage.


(a) 
Permission. Outdoor storage may be allowed only in the M-1 districts.
(b) 
Requirements and conditions. Requirements and conditions shall be as follows:
(1) 
Screening requirements. Any such use must be completely enclosed with screening in accordance with the requirements of section 76-80 and subsection (b)(2) of this section.
(2) 
Minimum setback requirements. No improvements for such use shall be erected closer to the site boundary lines than permitted in subsection (d) of section 76-444. No storage use shall be closer than 100 feet to the outer perimeter (property lines) of this district where such property lines abut any residential district or border other than a manufacturing district, and such space shall be fully landscaped and fenced at the setback line. Corner lot side yards must equal the setback requirements for the front yard on the street side as referenced in this article.
(3) 
New approval. Whenever a different material is to be stored than approved in the original request, a new approval shall be required from the planning commission.
(4) 
Prohibited uses. Uses expressly prohibited under this section include the following:
a. 
Junkyards, including used auto parts.
b. 
Used building materials.
c. 
Storage of loose minerals, including soil, stone, sand, gravel, coal, cinders and similar materials.
d. 
Storage of combustible or odoriferous materials.
(c) 
Environmental provisions and parking requirements. Environmental provisions and parking requirements shall be as required in articles V and VI of this chapter. Off-street parking space shall be provided entirely within the screening required in this section at a ratio of one parking space for each employee.
Ord. No. 110, § 13.36, eff. 11-1-1996