§ 21.45.140. Outdoor display for sale or rent (vehicles, equipment, garden supply, or building materials).

A.

Building Required. A building containing not less than three hundred (300) square feet of floor area shall be provided on the same parcel or an adjacent parcel associated with the same business. The building shall contain, at a minimum, employee restroom facilities and private office space for the business.

B.

Location. The vehicles and other display materials shall be set back five feet (5′) from a street and shall not be located in required parking areas.

C.

Surfacing. The entire area used for display purposes shall be surfaced with not less than two inches (2″) of blacktop or equally serviceable hard pavement surface. The surfaced area shall be maintained in good condition.

D.

Landscaping. All street frontage setback areas shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 21.42 (Landscaping Standards).

E.

Screening. Display of vehicles and garden equipment located along street frontages shall be screened by compact evergreen hedge or alternate landscaping in a manner which screens the undersides of vehicles from public view. Display of other equipment and materials shall be screened by a solid fence of at least six feet (6′) in height.

F.

Wheel Stops. Wheel stops or some other type of protective device shall be provided as necessary to prevent vehicles from damaging fences, walls, buildings or landscaped areas, or from extending across any public or private property lines.

G.

Lighting. All outdoor lights shall be served by underground wiring and shall be shielded from adjacent properties.

H.

Maintenance. Outdoor display areas shall be maintained in a neat and manner nondetrimental to persons working or residing in the vicinity.

(Ord. C-7326 § 26, 1995: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)