All commercial uses, industrial uses, churches, schools, and attached residential uses shall meet the following additional minimum standards.
A. Landscaping. The landscaping performance standards for all uses are prescribed in this Code.
B. Lighting. All newly installed, repaired, or replaced outdoor lighting fixtures shall include cutoff luminaires and shall be directed away from residential property and public streets in such a way that residential structures shall be shielded from direct rays of light and so as not to exceed an intensity of illumination greater than one-half (1/2) foot-candle (one-half lumen per square foot) measured at the residential property line. The maximum intensity of illumination at any commercial, industrial or institutional property line shall be one (1) foot candle (one lumen per square foot). Cutoff luminaries or shrouding is not required for decorative lighting (e.g., coach lighting or outdoor sconces) within 100 watt or less incandescent bulbs or equivalent lumens.
C. Refuse and Litter. All refuse must be stored in a building, a trash transport (dumpster) or in covered cans. The storage area shall be enclosed on all four sides by screening, compatible with the exterior of the building, not less than two feet higher than the refuse container.
D. Restaurants, Cafes, and Drive-in Food Establishments. Restaurants, cafes, and drive-in food establishments shall regularly inspect their premises from lot line to lot line, adjacent street, sidewalks and alleys within one hundred (100) feet of the lot and remove any litter found thereon. Upon failure of any food establishment to comply with the requirements of this section, after seven days written notice to the facility, costs of cleanup shall be assessed against the facility which is the source of the litter.
E. Speaker Boxes. Speaker boxes used in connection with drive-in food establishments or other businesses shall not be audible on any adjacent property.
F. Outdoor Display. Outdoor displays of finished products for direct retail sale are regulated within each specific zoning district, generally through the Conditional Use Permit or Interim Use Permit procedure. All outdoor displays of finished products for direct retail sale are accessory to the principal use. The following exceptions apply:
1. Outdoor displays of finished products for direct retail sale are allowed in any district during regular business hours, but must be removed after each business day closing. Such outdoor displays shall be limited to areas adjacent to storefronts, shall not occupy parking stalls or driveways, and shall not inhibit wheelchair accessibility on any sidewalk.
2. No outdoor displays shall be located in areas that interfere with site lines necessary for safe vehicular movement on public roads or site access drives.
G. Outdoor Storage. Outdoor storage of business supplies, materials, vehicles, and equipment are regulated withing each specific zoning district, generally through the Conditional Use Permit or Interim Use Permit procedure. Outdoor storage areas are limited to side yard and rear yard locations and may require screening from public roadways and adjacent properties. No outdoor storage shall be located in areas that interfere with site liens necessary for safe vehicular movement on public roads or site access drives.
[§7A-813, formerly § 7A-891, added by Ord. No. 99-7, effective December 3, 1999 and amended by Ord. No. 02-01, effective May 17, 2002, amended by Ord. No. 03-03, effective June 19, 2003, and amended by Ord. No. 04-04A, effective June 3, 2004, amended by Ord. No. 05-01, effective December 1, 2005, as amended by Ord. No. 11-06, effective August 4, 2011, amended by Ord. No. 15-03, effective November 5, 2015; amended by Ord. No. 21-09, effective December 8, 2021; amended by 23-02, effective August 17, 2023; amended by Ord. No. 23-05, effective August 31, 2023.]