Impound motor vehicle yards are conditionally permitted in Industrial Research and Office Districts pursuant to Section 1139.02(b)(14) and are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Said lot shall front on any of the following streets:
(1) Crane Center Drive;
(2) W. Wason Drive;
(3) Miller Parkway;
(4) Wellman Road;
(5) Ellsworth Road;
(6) Philipp Parkway; and
(7) Mondial Parkway.
(8) Ethan Avenue. (Ord. 2010-13. Passed 2-22-10.)
(b) Notwithstanding Section 1139.04(a) through (c), a required yard shall be 150 feet in depth whenever contiguous to a F-P, O-C, R-R, R-1, R-2, R-3, T-1, R-PUD or that portion of R-O or C-R zoning district used for residential purposes.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 1139.06, at least the first 50 feet of any yard required by (b) above shall be open space landscaped and maintained so as to minimize undesirable visual effects generated by the impound yard and may not be used for any other purpose. The balance of the yard area may be used as open space, employee picnic or recreation areas or employee and visitor parking, subject to conditions deemed appropriate by the City Planning Commission. Any area used for employee and visitor parking shall have a hard surface such as asphalt or concrete.
(d) Notwithstanding Sections 1139.07 and 1151.23 any yard contiguous to F-P, O- C, R-R, R-1, R-2, R-3, T-1, R-PUD or that portion of a R-P or C-R zoning district used for residential purposes shall have a solid opaque fence six feet in height placed along the yards required set back line or along the set back line establishing the minimum open space area by (c) above.
(e) That portion of a lot used for the impound area shall be completely enclosed with a solid fence six feet in height. That portion of a fence not subject to paragraph (d) above shall be fenced pursuant to specifications appearing in Section 1151.23(b).
(f) Each storage space for an impounded vehicle shall be contiguous to a driving aisle. No storage space may contain more than one impound motor vehicle.
(g) All lighting shall be arranged or baffled so as to direct and confine glare and direct illumination upon the subject property.
(h) Impound motor vehicles may not be dismantled, wrecked, sold, exchanged, traded, painted or given any body repair work.
(i) Impounded motor vehicles may be given engine, mechanical, electrical and similar repairs needed to allow inoperable cars to become operable. The repairs contemplated by this section are minor repairs and do not include substantial or complete motor replacement. All repairs shall be made within a building.
(j) Any impound motor vehicle which is totaled, substantially totaled or motorless, may not be stored in an impound motor vehicle yard more than thirty (30) days. Such vehicles must be relocated to junk yards, salvage yards or automobile wrecking yards, whether or not such junk yards, salvage yards, or automobile wrecking yards exist in Streetsboro.
(k) An operator of impound motor vehicle yard must submit an inventory report to the City of Streetsboro’s Building and Zoning Inspector as frequently as the Building and Zoning Inspector may require, except that the Building and Zoning Inspector may not require the submission of said report any more frequently than once a month. Said report shall be submitted on a form designed by the Building and Zoning Inspector. Two copies of said form shall be given to the operator when the operator gets a zoning permit. One copy shall be used by the operator to submit a first report. The second copy shall be used by the operator to make copies to be used for subsequent reports.
(l) The Building and Zoning Inspector shall have the authority with the prior written consent of the Law Director, to promulgate rules and regulations reasonably necessary to administer monitoring the operation of said yards.
(Ord. 1996-19. Passed 1-22-96.)