A. Accessory Use: Outdoor storage and parking of land/sea containers and semitractor trailers shall be allowed only in districts where such use is listed as an accessory use. Any other outdoor storage of land/sea containers and semitractor trailers is prohibited.
B. Exemptions:
1. An airport use as defined by this title shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
2. The prohibition against outdoor storage of semitractor trailers provided in this section does not apply to the temporary parking of construction trailers on a construction site during the period that the site is being developed.
C. Certification: All semitractor trailers with a Minnesota license plate shall be certified by the state and shall display a current inspection certification decal issued in accordance with Minnesota statutes section 169.781 by June 1, 1996. After June 1, 1996, all semitractor trailers with out of state license plates shall produce upon request proof that the vehicle complies with federal motor vehicle inspection requirements for vehicles in interstate commerce as provided under 49 CFR section 396.17.
D. Surface: All land/sea containers and semitractor trailers used for outdoor storage shall be parked on a concrete, bituminous, one hundred percent (100%) crushed rock, or crushed concrete surface.
E. Location: Land/sea containers shall not be stored and semitractor trailers shall not be parked in the required front yard setback area or in a required side yard setback area abutting a residential district, Cedar Avenue (County Road 23), Lakeville Boulevard, 215th Street, County Road 70, Hamburg Avenue or Kenrick Avenue. Outdoor storage of land/sea containers and parking of semitractor trailers shall not be allowed on required parking spaces, unless the required parking spaces have been deferred pursuant to a development agreement between the property owner and the city as provided in this zoning title. Use of deferred parking spaces shall not be permitted if the city determines that deferred parking spaces are necessary to meet the site's parking demand. (Ord. 674, sec. 1, 7-17-2000; amd. Ord. 1015, 8-5-2019; Ord. 1047, 6-7-2021)