Facilities for or including container storage (whether temporary or permanent), shall be subject to the following additional standards:
(A) Uses shall be separated from any adjoining uses or public or private rights-of-way, excluding points of ingress or egress, by way of one of the following:
(1) A suitably landscaped earthen berm sufficient to screen neighboring or nearby property from the facility; and in no event less than eight feet in height above finished grade;
(2) A solid concrete, brick or masonry wall of not less than ten feet in height above finished grade and completely screened from view from public rights-of-way by way of a vegetative buffer; or
(3) A minimum vegetative buffer depth of 200 feet along the boundaries adjacent to any property zoned Residential (R) and a minimum vegetative buffer depth of 50 feet otherwise. This buffer shall be located within the required setback as described in § 153.172(B)(2).
(B) Storage within a container yard shall be restricted by the following.
(1) Container stacking may be permitted, where appropriate, pursuant to an approved container stacking plan. Such plan shall, at a minimum, include a site plan showing the location of all abutting streets and sidewalks, all internal travel-ways, a stagger stacking schedule, and the proposed maximum stacking heights. A suitable stacking plan shall feature a slope not exceeding a rise/run of 1/2, shall include a perimeter setback of not less than 30 feet from the nearest stored container, the nearest sidewalk edge, or right-of-way edge, and shall indicate how the stacking plan meets all other requirements of this chapter.
(2) Container and chassis storage is not permitted within 350 feet of the boundary adjacent to any property zoned Residential (R) and within 50 feet otherwise. In addition, containers stacked in the yard shall not be visible above the tree line from adjacent residential neighborhoods. Structures may be allowed in the area beyond the required buffer where container and chassis storage is prohibited, provided that proposed structures meet all requirements of this chapter and receive site plan review approval.
(C) In those instances which proposed container storage facilities are viewed by the Zoning Administrator as having a substantially negative impact on a surrounding area(s) or adjoining property(ies), based on the facility’s location, proposed use, permitted use, or actual use of the property, the Zoning Administrator shall bring the matter to the next available meeting of the Board of Zoning Appeals for hearing and decision, pursuant to § 153.052.
(Ord. 2012-06, § 6.4.52, passed 10-18-2012; Ord. 2013-02, passed 4-18-2013)