• Section 6.05 Self-Storage Facilities.
   Self-storage facilities are subject to the following conditions:
   (a)   No activity other than rental of storage units shall be allowed. No commercial, retail, industrial or other business use shall be operated from the facility. Examples of prohibited activities (commercial or personal) include but are not limited to:
      (1)   Auctions, retail sales and/or miscellaneous or garage sales.
      (2)   The servicing, repair or fabrication of motor vehicles, boats, trailers, lawn mowers, appliances, furniture, machinery or other similar property.
      (3)   The operation of power tools, painting equipment, compressors, welding equipment or similar tools and equipment.
      (4)   The storage of any toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable or hazardous material is prohibited. Fuel tanks on any motor vehicle, boat, lawn mower or similar property will be drained or removed prior to storage. Batteries will be removed from vehicles before storage and shall not be stored within units under any circumstances.
      (5)   The storage of goods needed or used on a regular basis as part of a business and/or the storage of perishable materials, unless otherwise permitted by the Planning Commission as a special land use subject to the standards of this subsection and Section 3.03.
   (b)   All storage shall be contained within a building.
   (c)   No structure may exceed one (1) story in height.
   (d)   Exterior walls of all storage units that abut a residentially zoned area shall be of masonry construction.
   (e)   The total lot coverage by structures shall be limited to fifty (50) percent of the total lot area.
   (f)   Drives and loading areas shall be designed as follows:
      (1)   The distance between storage unit buildings shall be a minimum of twenty-four (24) feet.
      (2)   All storage units must be accessible by a safe circular drive clearly marked to distinguish direction. Furthermore, the applicant must demonstrate that fire and emergency vehicles and other vehicles that would typically utilize such a facility can access and circulate through the site adequately. Sufficient area and turning radii shall be provided between and at the end of storage units to accommodate large fire vehicles and trucks requiring access to and circulation within the site.
   (g)   Where a self-storage facility abuts a residentially zoned or used property, all buildings and drives for ingress to and egress from the facility shall have a setback of a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the property line. The setback area shall be landscaped and meet the minimum screening requirements set forth in Section 5.10.