(A) Location. Cargo containers are permitted only in industrial districts. No more than 4 cargo containers may be placed on a single lot unless they comply with the cargo storage area requirements below.
(B) Requirements. Any cargo containers located within the village shall comply with the following provisions:
(1) No cargo containers shall be modified, retrofitted or used on-site for any purpose other than storage.
(2) Cargo containers that become unsound, unstable or otherwise dangerous shall be immediately repaired or removed from the property where kept, subject to the village’s requirements.
(3) All removable fastened signage displayed on any cargo container must be fully secured.
(4) All cargo containers visible to public rights-of-way shall be stored in a secure fashion with doors that are fully closed.
(C) Cargo storage areas. If more than 4 cargo containers are to be stored on a parcel, the following provisions must be met:
(1) Cargo containers shall not be stacked more than 4 high and such stacking shall be no closer than 1,000 feet from any residence or property zoned for residential use.
(2) Any such area shall be required to be screened with landscaping, fencing, berming and wall materials subject to village site plan approval (See § 151.209).
(3) No single cargo container storage area shall exceed 50 acres.
(4) Cargo containers with hazardous materials contained inside shall not be stacked.
(5) Cargo containers may not be grouped more than 110 feet deep with such groupings separated by drive aisles of no less than 30 feet in width or side by side in a manner parallel to the drive aisle provided such lateral placement does not exceed 110 feet in depth between drive aisles.
(6) Vehicles entering or leaving the cargo container storage area(s) shall be restricted to paved surfaces only and in each storage area there shall be constructed and maintained sufficient paved areas to permit all on-road vehicles to enter, exit, load, unload, maneuver and otherwise remain at all times on wholly paved surfaces within the storage area. The remainder of the storage area shall also be paved. The storage area shall include village approved drainage, storm water detention, noise control, lighting and landscaping and screening,
(7) Cargo containers shall not be stored or stacked immediately adjacent to any entrance into the storage area which is adjacent to a public road; each such entrance shall have a restricted area at the entrance to the storage area where no cargo containers may be stored or stacked of no less than 20,000 square feet.
(8) Each cargo container, truck trailer container or truck chassis shall not be stored on the site for a period longer than 6 months.
(9) Racking of a chassis shall be limited to 57 feet in height and chassis shall not be stacked more than 5 units high and provided such stacking and racking is supported a line of sight studies demonstrating such chassis cannot be seen from the adjacent public roadways.
(10) Any business that engages in the maintenance and repair of cargo containers, not located within a storage facility, that removes cargo containers from the chassis, shall be subject to the same
requirements as a cargo container storage area. This may include facilities or operations engaged in the conversion of cargo containers for a secondary use or sale.
(11) The cargo container storage area shall be equipped with an automatic gate system (which includes an optical character reader) and all tractors, containers and chassis entering or exiting the cargo container storage area shall drive through an optical character reader at said automatic gate.
(Ord. 2015-08, § 13.11, passed 6-23-2015)