1. A contractor storage yard is a storage yard for the storage of construction materials and equipment upon a parcel upon which there is the primary office building of the contractor. The contractor's storage yard may have an accessory building located in accordance with Sec. 9-3-33. Indoor or outdoor storage of construction equipment and materials in a contractor storage yard, in districts where expressly permitted, shall be subject to the following conditions.
2. A site plan meeting the following requirements shall be submitted to the City Planner prior to the issuance of a zoning permit.
a. Storage materials and equipment shall not be placed in any landscape buffer yard or building setback;
b. Storage shall be no closer than 150 feet from an abutting street right-of-way and shall be located in the rear yard behind the primary structure;
c. The area of storage, except for driveway access, shall be screened from view by a 40-foot wide opaque vegetative buffer from the street(s) and all abutting residentially zoned properties. The performance of existing foliage, a combination of existing and supplemental foliage, or new foliage to achieve an opaque screen shall be used to meet the buffer requirements. The site plan shall call out buffer materials and sizes, using a variety of evergreen materials achieving a minimum of an 8 foot high opaque screen within 3 years of planting. Two-inch caliper trees and 3 gallons shrubs are required at time of planting and shall be installed in an undulating pattern to aid the screening of storage and depicted in a detail on the site plan. All landscape materials shall be maintained to achieve compliance; should material become dead, diseased, or dying replacement is required with the same size and type, unless approved by the City Planner.
d. Wherever security fencing is desired, it shall be placed on the interior side of the opaque landscape buffer.
e. Article H: Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements shall be met and shown on the site plan.
f. A note shall be placed on the site plan as follows, "The property owner is responsible for removing all objectionable materials, such as but not limited to mud that is spilled, washed, or tracked onto the public road".
g. Approved site plans for contractor storage yards are exempt from the 25% square footage limitations of Sec. 9-3-56e.
h. Contractor storage yards are exempt from trailer limitations of Sec. 9-3-99.1.b and l.d for outdoor storage.