Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies in all districts; special provisions for Residential, ApartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive., RT-3/RT-4, AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them., Hotel, Office, RT-1, Business, Industrial districts
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Time limit during construction30 days
Portable storage containers shall be allowed during construction, reconstruction, alteration or renovation of the principal structure and for an additional period of twenty-four (24) hours before and after such activity, but not to exceed a total of thirty (30) days in any six-month period.
- Maximum container dimensions16 ft
No portable storage container shall have dimensions greater than sixteen (16) feet in length, eight (8) feet in width or eight and one-half (8½) feet in height.
- Maximum number of portable storage containers1 container
No more than one (1) portable storage container having a storage capacity greater than three hundred fifty (350) cubic feet, or no more than three (3) portable storage containers, each having a storage capacity no greater than three hundred fifty (350) cubic feet, shall be allowed on a zoning lot.
- Maximum sign area on container6 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No more than one (1) sign having a maximum area of six (6) square feet per sign may be displayed on any portable storage container.
- Permit required
Except as provided in subsection (c), portable storage containers in all districts shall be allowed only upon issuance of a permit by the zoning administrator.
- Time limit in residential districts16 days
In Residential and Apartment Districts and on lots in the RT-3 and RT-4 Resort Tourist Districts on which the principal use is residential in nature, portable storage containers shall be allowed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) for a period not exceeding a total of sixteen (16) days in any consecutive six-month period.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side and rear lot lines5 ft
No portable storage container shall be located (i) closer than five (5) feet to any side or rear lot line, or (ii) on any portion of a lot except behind the nearest portion of the principal building adjacent to a public street.
From the ordinance
Portable storage containers located outside of an enclosed building or structure shall be allowed only as specified in this section and subject to the following regulations: