Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Proper vehicle stacking, circulation, turning
Be designed to ensure proper functioning of the site as related to vehicle stacking, circulation and turning movements.
- Storage bay doors not facing residential or visible from road
Storage bay doors shall not face any abutting property located in a residential district, nor shall they be visible from any public road.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. retail sales max area5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Retail sale may be permitted as an accessory use limited to the lesser of either 40 percent of the area containing the office or 5,000 square feet.
- Adequate circulation for large moving vans
If separate buildings are constructed, there shall be adequate space for the circulation and parking of large moving vans.
- Caretaker residence allowed
One security or caretaker residence may be developed on the site.
- Enclosed trash storage facilities
Provide adequate, enclosed trash storage facilities on the site.
- Hours of public access
Hours of public access to a self-storage use adjacent to a residential zoning district shall be restricted to between 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except federal holidays and 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays.
- Only rental of storage bays and pickup/deposit of goods
The only commercial uses permitted on site shall be the rental of storage bays and the pickup and deposit of goods or property in storage.
- No vehicle maintenance, washing, or repair
No vehicle maintenance, washing, or repair shall be permitted.
- Storage bays not legal address
Individual storage bays or private postal boxes within a self-service storage facility use shall not be considered premises for the purpose of assigning a legal address.
- Screening of roof-mounted equipment
A screen shall be constructed to obscure roof-mounted heating and air conditioning and other equipment, if any. The combined height of the building and the screen shall not exceed the height limit in the zoning district where the use is permitted.
- RV storage max percentage of buildable area25 pct
The storage area shall not exceed 25 percent of the buildable area of the site.
- RV storage screened from view
The storage area shall be entirely screened from view from adjacent residential areas and public streets by a building or solid wall with landscaping on the outside of the wall.
- Storage bays not for manufacturing, repair, sales, etc.
Storage bays shall not be used to manufacture, fabricate or process goods; service or repair vehicles, small engines or electrical equipment, or to conduct similar repair activities; conduct garage sales or retail sales of any kind; or conduct any other commercial or industrial activity on the site.
- All property stored within enclosed buildings
Except as provided in this section, all property stored on the site shall be entirely within enclosed buildings.
Setback
Storage shall not occur within the area set aside for minimum building setbacks.
From the ordinance
All uses shall comply with all applicable standards in this chapter. In addition, the following standards shall apply: ...