17.57.060 General regulations.
A. Setbacks and Yard Area Restrictions.
1. On property zoned C-1, C-2 and P.C.D., metal storage containers shall be prohibited within any front yard or street side yard.
2. On property zoned M-1, M-2 or M-3, metal storage containers otherwise permitted and in conformance with the requirements of this chapter may be located in a front yard or street side yard; however, they shall be set back a minimum of thirty feet from any property line abutting any public or private street.
3. All other setbacks of the zone district in which the metal storage containers are located shall apply, except that no rear yard setback shall be required if adjacent to a nonresidential zone.
B. Each metal storage container shall be painted a neutral, earth-tone, site-compatible color.
C. Each metal storage container shall be placed on either a minimum four inch thick concrete slab, or a minimum three inch thick asphalt concrete over two inch thick aggregate base, as required by the building director.
D. Under no circumstances shall any metal storage container be used for an office, residence or other purpose involving human occupancy.
E. Signs shall not be permitted on any metal storage container, except those required that contain public safety information for the container.
F. A shopping center or other coordinated development as defined in Section 17.04.546 shall be considered a single parcel or site.
G. Metal storage containers shall not exceed a height of eight feet.
H. A metal storage container shall not exceed an area of three hundred twenty square feet.
I. Metal storage containers shall not be stacked.
J. Use of truck trailers, shipping boxes, railroad cars, and similar materials are prohibited.
K. Metal storage containers shall not be permitted in required parking areas, drive aisles, landscape areas, or emergency access ways.
L. Metal storage containers shall be screened so that they are not visible from public streets.
M. This chapter does not apply to a business that sells, leases, or stores metal storage containers as legally permitted and conforming to the regulations of the zone district in which the business is located. (Ord. 3869 § 2, 1998)