Within any P district, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses or uses deemed similar by the City Council, except by conditional use permit:
(A) Any structure otherwise permitted but exceeding 40 feet in height.
(B) Public utility building, structure, or service facility, including electric substations occupying in excess of 500 square feet of land area, under the following conditions:
(1) When located adjacent to a designated utility corridor as identified in the utility chapter of the city’s comprehensive plan or utility location plan as adopted by the City Council, if in existence;
(2) When adequate security is provided through the use of appropriate fencing and/or windowless building walls. Preferred fencing shall be a solid masonry wall, unless it can be demonstrated that the fenced facility requires the movement of air for cooling purposes which would be inhibited by a solid wall. Unless otherwise required by federal or state regulations, barbed wire shall not be used unless specifically approved by the City Council;
(3) When adequate screening and buffering is provided through the use of appropriate landscape materials and in accordance with § 155.348;
(4) When the facility or outside edge of any fencing is located at least 100 feet from any residential dwelling in existence at the time of the facility’s establishment;
(5) When the facility is not adjacent to the city’s “Ring Route” central business district road system, as identified in the city’s comprehensive plan;
(6) When the City Council determines that the proposed location will not adversely affect adjacent residential or commercial uses because the traffic generation, noise, glare, appearance or other nuisance characteristics; and
(7) When the City Council determines that the proposed facility will not generate nuisances which will have an adverse effect upon existing adjacent uses or the future development of adjacent vacant properties.
(C) Towers as regulated in § 155.385.
(D) An accessory storage building larger than 750 square feet in area or any accessory storage building regardless of size if an accessory storage building currently exists on the property, provided the building is necessary in the use and operation of the permitted primary use on the property subject to the following conditions:
(1) All minimum area standards as set forth herein shall be met;
(2) Any building or structure to be used for storage of moveable property, which is not in connection with a maintenance facility located on the site as the primary use, shall not exceed 1,400 square feet;
(3) The exterior finish and materials of any accessory building shall be architecturally compatible with the principal building, if any, otherwise all buildings shall comply with exterior finish and materials regulations set forth elsewhere in this code;
(4) No more than two accessory storage buildings shall be permitted on a lot or parcel unless otherwise permitted in § 155.246.
(E) (1) Outdoor storage of motor vehicles, equipment or materials in connection with the use and operation of a governmental maintenance facility on the property, subject to the following conditions:
(a) All motor vehicles shall be licensed and have current registration for road operation;
(b) All motor vehicles and motorized equipment shall be operational and in working condition;
(c) All motorized vehicles or equipment shall be stored on an impervious surface; and
(d) The outdoor storage area shall be fenced in accordance with the fence regulations herein and property screened as set forth in the screening regulations set forth herein.
(2) This division (E) shall not apply to the vehicles impounded and in the possession of the city and located on city-owned property in the course of its public safety and law enforcement duties.
(‘81 Code, § A1-44) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 514, passed 5-23-91; Am. Ord. 760, passed 10-14-04; Am. Ord. 957, passed 12-26-13)