(A) The open display of articles, materials or merchandise is prohibited, except as provided in this section.
(B) Open display of articles, merchandise, or materials is prohibited in all zoning districts except as may be approved as a special permit use in the Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts under § 158.044 of the zoning ordinance.
(C) In the CBD zoning districts, a business use permitted under the CBD zoning regulations and located in a building may have incidental open display outside the enclosed building only if the items displayed outside are of the type typically carried by the business and the items displayed outside the building do not occupy an area of the lot greater than 100% of the area of the building housing the permitted use. No part of the outside display area shall be on the public right-of-way.
(D) The open display uses permitted as a special permit use under § 158.044, shall comply with the following provisions:
(1) All open display of merchandise, material, and equipment shall be effectively screened to a height of eight feet with a continuous, view- reducing fence on any side which abuts property used or zoned for residential or institutional. Merchandise and materials which are not completely assembled, or which are not immediately and actively being offered for sale, in addition to complying with the above screening requirements, shall be so screened by fences or permanent buildings that they cannot be seen from a public street.
(2) All of the lot used for open display shall have a Portland cement or asphaltic concrete paved surface and be maintained in a manner that no dust will be produced by continued use and shall comply with standards for parking areas in § 158.035(H).
(3) All servicing of vehicles carried on as an incidental part of the sales operation shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
(E) In the I-L and I-H districts, any article or material stored outside of an enclosed building as an incidental part of the primary operation shall be effectively screened with a continuous, view-reducing fence.
(F) No open display shall be permitted on any portion of the public rights-of-way.
(G) This section shall not be construed to require screening in excess of eight feet in height.
(H) Where a conditional use is granted for a fence, as provided in § 158.037(B), then the City Council may allow exceptions to the sight-proof screening requirements of this section in the approval of the conditional use.
(I) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, no open display shall occupy the sight triangle at a corner.
(Prior Code, § 13-621) (Ord. 1371, passed 5-6-86; Am. Ord. 1776, passed 12-5-06; Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19) Penalty, see § 10.99