Dimensional standards
Lot
Servicing
- Applies near
- residential zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
- Geographic extent
- Junkyards, wrecker yards, and recycling centers must be located at least 300 feet from any residential zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. or conforming residential use.
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum days damaged vehicle can be stored outside120 days
There shall be no storage of a damaged or inoperative motor vehicle or trailer outside a wholly enclosed building for more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days, unless documentation satisfactory to the Zoning Administrator is provided.
- Minimum distance from residential zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.300 ft
Junkyards, wrecker yards, and recycling centers established or expanded after the effective date of this chapter shall be located at least three hundred (300) feet from any residential zoning district or conforming residential use.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for wrecker yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The lot area shall contain a minimum of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
- Special exception required for new or substantial intensification
Any new junkyard, wrecker yard, or recycling center, and any substantial intensification of an existing junkyard, wrecker yard, or recycling center, shall require approval by special exception.
From the ordinance
Junkyards, wrecker yards, and recycling centers established or expanded after the effective date of this chapter shall be located at least three hundred (300) feet from any residential zoning district or conforming residential use.