17.100.075 Supplemental standards for detached accessory storage.
(1) Purpose. Supplemental standards are provided for detached commercial accessory storage uses to ensure that these uses are developed and maintained in a manner consistent with the other allowed uses and structures with the applicable zone designation.
(2) Standards.
(a) Storage uses may occur in metal prefabricated and movable structures up to 400 square feet maximum provided the structures are visually screened from all roadways, any access points including internal shopping center driveways and parking lots, and any views from surrounding uses.
(i) Screening shall be of building materials consistent with the materials of the primary building on the site and may consist of any building material allowed by the architectural standards for the zone designation.
(ii) Landscape material shall not be permitted for screening purposes but may be required as part of the administrative conditional use permit.
(iii) Screening of metal storage structures shall consist of enclosure walls providing 100 percent visual separation. A roof shall be required. An exemption to the roof requirement may be approved by the community development director when the top of a metal storage unit is not visible from surrounding property, including views from roads, parking areas, and outdoor recreation areas.
(b) Storage use may occur in structures built consistent with the International Building Code which meet the architectural standards for new buildings per the zone designation. Conforming structures of this type shall be constructed of material consistent with the primary structure on the site and shall not require additional screening.
(c) Storage uses and structures shall be installed with a permanent foundation or in the case of a mobile unit shall meet the anchoring standards required for manufactured homes.
(d) Storage uses initially approved with a 60-day temporary use permit may be approved as a permanent use on the site with an administrative conditional use permit when listed as permitted subject to an ACUP in Chapter 17.30 SMC, Permitted Land Uses.
(e) Storage structures shall not be used for residential purposes.
(f) Storage structures shall not displace required parking established for the primary use of the property.
(g) The gross square footage of the storage use shall be included in the calculation for off-site parking and loading requirements per Chapter 17.105 SMC for the primary use at the same use designation.
(h) Storage structures shall comply with required development standards in the relevant zone designations per SMC 17.60.030 and 17.60.040. (Ord. 1349 § 5, 2013).