"Trucking yard" means any truck yard; freight yard; freight terminal; transportation yard; containerized storage unit yard; shipping yard; including any dispatch office or yard; any business where a regular or substantial portion of the activity includes storage of handling of goods, freight, containers or packages whether left in the original packaging or not; and any similar commercial use if any of the following apply: (i) a regular and substantial portion of the activity involves the use of tractor-trailer trucks to pick-up or deliver trailers and containers to the ports or other destinations, (ii) the primary use of the site is the temporary storage of tractor-trailer trucks, cargo or shipping containers and goods; or (iii) a regular or substantial portion of the activity includes the pick up or delivery of goods, and where temporary storage of goods, cargo, raw materials, or merchandise occurs on site. "Trucking yard" shall not include a business with significant buildings or improvements occupying a majority of the site, where substantial retail sales are transacted at the site, where transit vehicles are stored, or where the site is used primarily for long-term storage of equipment, materials, goods or merchandise for periods in excess of one month.
(Ord. 2006-05-1359 § 2)