(A) (1) In order to reduce the visual impacts of multi-family and nonresidential development, and to avoid problems with blown trash and pests, all refuse collection receptacles shall adhere to the standards that follow.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term REFUSE COLLECTION RECEPTACLES includes dumpsters, garbage cans, debris piles or grease containers, but does not include trash or recycling receptacles for pedestrians or for temporary construction sites.
(B) This section also does not apply to refuse collection receptacles such as garbage cans that are normally stored indoors and brought outdoors on garbage pickup days.
(1) Location. Outdoor refuse collection receptacles shall not be located in a required front setback, and should, depending on the size of the site and need for access by refuse collection vehicles, be set back from the front plane of the principal structure.
(a) Refuse collection receptacles for nonresidential uses shall not be located in any setback area or required landscaping area that abuts an adjacent residential use.
(b) Refuse collection receptacles shall not be located within any area used to meet the minimum landscaping or parking and loading area requirements of this chapter or be located in a manner that obstructs or interferes with any designated vehicular or pedestrian circulation routes on-site.
(2) Screening enclosure. Each refuse collection receptacle shall be screened from view on all sides by a durable sight-obscuring enclosure consisting of an opaque fence or wall of between six feet and eight feet in height. (See illustration below.) Where the access to the enclosure is visible from adjacent streets or residential properties, the access shall be screened with an opaque gate. The enclosure shall be maintained in working order and remain closed except during trash deposits and pickups.
(3) Maintenance of refuse collection receptacle. The lids of receptacles in screening enclosures without roof structures shall remain closed between pickups and shall be maintained in working order.
(Ord. 382, passed 7-8-2021)