(a) Portable storage units shall be permitted in residential zoning districts on lots containing dwelling units subject to the following requirements:
(1) Portable storage units shall be permitted for a period not to exceed seven (7) consecutive days within a six (6) month period.
(2) Portable storage units shall not exceed a cumulative gross floor area of one hundred forty (140) square feet for each dwelling unit and shall not exceed a height of eight and one-half (8-1/2) feet and a length of sixteen and one-half (16-1/2) feet.
(b) Portable storage units shall be permitted in commercial, industrial or public/semi-public zoning districts only as accessory uses incidental to a permitted commercial, industrial or public/semi-public principal use.
(c) Portable storage units shall not be located in any required open space, landscaped area, on any street or sidewalk or in any utility easement, in any location that interferes with vehicular or pedestrian circulation, in any required off-street parking space, in any location that restricts safe ingress or egress of buildings, in any location that hinders access to fire hydrants or utility shut-off valves, or in any location that obstructs a clear sight triangle or clear sight distance. Portable storage units shall not be located in street right-of-way unless no location on a lot is feasible.
(d) The use of portable storage units shall require the issuance of a temporary permit by the Zoning Administrator for each portable storage unit placed on the premises. The fee for such temporary permit shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per portable storage unit. If in the case of commercial, industrial or public/semi-public uses, portable storage units remain on the premises for longer than six (6) months, such fee must be paid on a bi-annual basis.
(e) Portable storage units used on active construction sites for the storage of construction equipment or supplies in a manner similar to the way construction trailers would be used, must comply with the requirements for construction trailers in Section 1185.47 in addition to the requirements of this section.
(f) Establishments involved in the sale or rental of portable storage units as a principal use shall be exempt from the requirements of this section but must comply with all other applicable zoning requirements. (Ord. 2016-11. Passed 4-12-16.)