All material and equipment shall be stored within a building or fully screened so as to not be visible from adjoining properties. Any such screening method, whether a physical structure or landscaping, shall reduce visibility in a manner that restricts vision of the object being screened. Physical structures, such as fences, shall be constructed in a style that is architecturally compatible with the primary structure. All screening methods shall be approved by the Zoning Official. Screening is not required in the following instances:
(A) Construction and landscaping materials and equipment temporarily being used on the premises;
(B) Agricultural equipment and materials if these are being used or intended for use on the premises;
(C) Off-street parking facilities, except as otherwise herein regulated, and except in residential districts where any off-street parking area containing over six spaces may be required to be screened; and
(D) In commercial districts (CBD and C-2), merchandise of the type customarily displayed outdoors for retail sale may be so displayed beyond the principal structure without screening, provided that in no event shall the unscreened outside display area:
(1) Exceed 5% of the ground floor area of the principal structure;
(2) Impede normal pedestrian or vehicular traffic; and
(3) CBD businesses may utilize public right-of-way for outside display areas as long as it adheres to all requirements of this section, and:
(a) Display areas must be approved by the Zoning Official; and
(b) Merchandise display is only allowed during business hours.
(1997 Code, § 25.08) (Ord. passed 11-14-1994; Am. Ord. 2008-3, passed 2-11-2008) Penalty, see § 10.99