(a) Outdoor Storage Defined.
(1) Includes all goods and materials not returned to an enclosed building at the end of each business day, regardless of whether such goods or materials are kept on the premises for retail sale, or wholesale sale, storage, or use by a business on or off the lot;
(2) Includes all items awaiting or in process of repair except customary passenger vehicles awaiting repair which are not visibly damaged or are not used or intended to be used as "parts' vehicles.
(b) The outdoor storage or display of bulk goods including seasonal items such as firewood and mulch shall be controlled by the following regulations:
(1) The outdoor storage or display of merchandise, inventory or materials shall not interfere with parking or the safe and unobstructed use of vehicular or pedestrian access ways or walkways.
(2) The outdoor storage or display of merchandise, inventory or materials shall not be located in any required yard area or bufferyard within the lot.
(3) The area of storage shall be no closer than forty (40) feet from an abutting street right of way.
(4) The outdoor storage or display of merchandise, inventory or materials shall not include the use of banners, pennants or strings of pennants.
(5) Outdoor storage areas shall be required to be fully screened with an opaque fence or wall not to exceed eight (8) feet in height; wherever security fencing is desired, it shall be placed on the interior side of the opaque screen.
(6) The outdoor storage or display of merchandise, inventory or materials shall not be located within ten (10) feet of any equipment used for the dispensing of flammable or combustible liquids or gases.
(c) Outdoor storage or display locations shall be subject to and approved by the Zoning Inspector upon the application of the owner of record of the property.
(d) Applications for outdoor storage or display areas shall be on a form provided by the Zoning Inspector and shall be submitted with a site plan depicting the location of the said storage or display areas with supporting documentation indicating the impact of the storage or display area on the property as a whole. The Zoning Inspector may request the specific review and approval of the Planning Commission of any application. The review and approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals may also be requested by any applicant whose application has been rejected or modified by the Zoning Inspector, which request must be made in writing and must be made within ten days of such rejection or modification.
(Ord. 99-1966. Passed 5-4-99.)