1153.21 PUBLIC STORAGE INCLUDING SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES.

   Public storage facilities including self-service storage facilities and mini-storage shall conform with the following standards:

   (a)   Electronic surveillance equipment shall be required to serve as security for the facility.

   (b)   Lot coverage of all structures shall be limited to eighty percent (80%) of the lot size.

   (c)   Building height shall not exceed fifteen feet.

   (d)   All one-way driveways shall provide for one ten foot parking lane and one fifteen foot travel lane. Traffic direction and parking shall be designated by signage or driveway painting. All two-way driveways shall provide for one ten foot parking lane and two twelve foot travel lanes. The parking lanes may be eliminated when the driveway does not serve storage units.

   (e)   One parking space for each ten units shall be required, and shall be equally distributed throughout the storage area. Two parking spaces shall be required for the managers quarters. One parking space for every twenty-five storage units shall be required to be located at or near the office for prospective clients.

   (f)   All lights shall be shielded to direct light onto the established buildings and away from adjacent property, but may be of sufficient intensity to discourage vandalism and theft.

   (g)   A twenty-five foot wide landscaping buffer zone, parallel to the street frontage, equal to the property frontage excluding ingress-egress drives, and twenty feet setback, shall be required and landscaping shall require trees in the ratio of at least one tree for every 2,000 square feet or fraction thereof of area landscaped. Landscaping shall consist of a variety of hardy evergreen planted material consisting of trees, low-medium-high profile shrubs, together with suitable ground cover and be maintained in such a manner as not to impair vehicle visibility.

   (h)   The storage area shall be completely enclosed by walls, fences or buildings, or combination. All walls and fences shall conform to Section 1151.23, fence and wall regulations.

   (i)   Interior landscaping shall be based on fifteen square feet of landscaping per parking space required and will be distributed reasonably evenly across the lot area.

    (j)    The proposed development shall conform to all applicable regulations outlined in Chapter 1152.

    (k)    Outside storage is prohibited in the self-service storage facilities.

       (Ord. 1990-93. Passed 10-22-90.)