Outdoor sales lots and swap meets allowed in the commercial service and industrial categories are subject to the provisions of this section. (Wrecking yards are subject to Section 23.08.097.).
(a) Sales Lots. May be conducted as a principal use (as in the case of a used car lot), or as an accessory use (such as a sales yard in conjunction with a building materials store), subject to the following:
(1) Permit Requirement. As determined by Chapter 23.03, except when a sales lot is accessory to a use that is otherwise required to have a higher permit.
(2) Site Design Standards.
(A) Displays. To be limited to street frontages only. All other property lines are to be screened as set forth in subsection (2)(D) of this section. All signing is to be in conformity with Section 23.04.300.
(B) Parking Requirement. One space per three thousand square feet of outdoor use area, one space per three hundred square feet of office space.
(C) Landscaping Planting. A five-foot-wide planting strip is to be provided adjacent to all street property lines, consisting of ground-covering vegetation which may be maintained at a height less than three feet, with street trees located within the planting strip at twenty-foot intervals. This is in addition to any landscape requirement of Section 23.04.180 et seq. (Landscape, screening and fencing).
(D) Screening. All interior property lines are to be screened with a six-foot-high solid wall or fence.
(E) Office Facilities. When no buildings exist or are proposed on a sales yard site, one commercial coach may be utilized for an office, provided that such vehicle is equipped with skirting, and installed pursuant to the permit requirements of Title 19 of this code.
(F) Site Surfacing. A sales lot is to be surfaced with concrete, A.C. paving, crushed rock or other material maintained in a dust-free condition. All vehicle drive areas are to be paved with concrete, asphalt or crushed rock.
(b) Swap Meets. May be conducted only as a temporary use on the site of another use established pursuant to this title in a commercial service or industrial category, provided that such site is also in conformity with the standards of this section.
(1) Permit Requirement. Minor use permit approval.
(2) Location. On an arterial, or on a collector which extends between two other collectors or arterials, provided that a swap meet is not to be located on a site that abuts a residential category.
(3) Limitation on Use. The sale of vehicles is not permitted. Any sales of food items are subject to health department approval.
(4) Site Design Standards.
(A) Parking Requirement. As determined by the applicable review authority.
(B) Restrooms. Public restrooms are to be provided at a swap meet as required by the health department.
(C) Site Surfacing. Portions of a swap meet site used for sales activities, or pedestrian circulation are to be surfaced with concrete, asphalt, or planted with maintained lawn. Vehicle access and parking areas are to be surfaced in accordance with Section 23.04.160. All site areas not otherwise used for buildings or vehicle circulation are to be landscaped.
(5) Operation. Swap meets are to be held during the daylight hours, on no more than two days out of every seven days. This standard may be modified by the planning commission through development plan approval where it is found that the proposed site will be provided with adequate permanent parking and restroom facilities, and that the surrounding area can sustain traffic volumes generated by a swap meet without adverse effects in the area. (Ord. 2649 § 16, 1993; Ord. 2592 § 9 (part), 1992)