Chapter 14-36
MINI WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT
Sections:
14-36.030 Final development plans.
14-36.040 Planning Commission action.
14-36.050 Development regulations.
14-36.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to describe the requirements for the approval of the use of property for mini warehouse development. The mini warehouse provides storage space for the general public. Mini warehouse clients are primarily apartment dwellers, condominium owners, mobile home dwellers, and people living in small homes. Other customers include small commercial clients, local merchants, small contractors, and professionals. Storage limitations in current housing developments have generated the public necessity for a place to store excess or seasonal goods. Because of unique problems peculiar to mini warehouse development, the procedures and requirements set forth in this chapter are established to enable the evaluation of proposals for such developments in relation to compatibility with surrounding properties and to ensure that adequate provisions are made for, but not limited to, exterior appearance, landscaping and screening, on-site parking and circulation, fire protection, outdoor storage, public improvements, types of items that can be stored, and use limitations of the storage areas.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)
14-36.020 Applications.
Applications for mini warehouse development under a Special Use Permit shall be made by the property owner or his agent to the Zoning Administrator on forms prescribed for this purpose by the City. The application shall be accompanied by six (6) prints of a preliminary development plan containing the following information:
(a) A key or location map on which shall be shown the general area, including adjacent property, subdivisions, and roads;
(b) North point, scale, and legal description;
(c) Name and address of record owner or owners;
(d) Name and address of the person or firm who prepared the preliminary development plan;
(e) Land area to the nearest tenth of an acre;
(f) Contour lines of the entire property or elevation points sufficient to indicate the slope of the property;
(g) Location, names, and existing widths of all adjoining highways, streets, and ways;
(h) Locations of all permanent buildings and the proposed use of each. Also indicate the size and number of storage spaces within each building;
(i) Any outside storage area;
(j) On-site parking;
(k) Areas to be landscaped;
(l) Location, width, and direction of traffic flow of all roadways and driveways within the development; and
(m) Location of fences and screen walls and the design and materials to be used.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)
14-36.025 Preliminary review.
Within fifteen (15) days after the filing of the application with the Zoning Administrator, a preliminary review of the development plan shall be made by the Zoning Administrator in order to formulate a preliminary report regarding required public improvements, zoning, Code provisions, and design changes if required and to provide the applicant information as to City requirements, which shall include determinations under the California Environmental Quality Act.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)
14-36.030 Final development plans.
Within six (6) months after the receipt of the preliminary report from the Zoning Administrator and the completion of procedures required under the California Environmental Quality Act, the applicant or its agent may submit an application for a Special Use Permit to the Zoning Administrator on forms prescribed for this purpose by the City. The application shall include a final development plan which shall contain information as follows:
(a) A key or location map of the general area, including adjacent property, subdivisions, and nearby roads;
(b) The project name, date, north point, scale, and legal description;
(c) Name and address of the owner or owners of record;
(d) Name and address of the person or firm who prepared the final development plan;
(e) Land area to the nearest tenth of an acre;
(f) Location of all areas subject to inundation or storm water overflow and the location, width, and direction of all watercourses and existing drainage channels and structures;
(g) Contour lines of the entire property or elevation points sufficient to show the slope of the land;
(h) Location, names, and existing widths of all adjoining highways, streets, and ways;
(i) Locations of all permanent buildings and the proposed use of each, including storage space configuration and number in each building;
(j) Number and dimension of all on-site parking spaces and all outdoor storage spaces;
(k) Location, width, and direction of traffic flow of all roadways and driveways within the proposed development;
(l) Location of solid waste disposal areas, service yards, and sanitary disposal sites;
(m) Location, size, height, and design of all on-site signs. This includes freestanding signs and signs painted on the faces of the buildings or fences;
(n) Location of fences, screen walls, and the design and the materials to be used; and
(o) Architectural plans and elevations of all permanent buildings, indicating the height and types of materials to be used.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)
14-36.040 Planning Commission action.
The Commission, by Special Use Permit procedures as set forth in this title, may authorize as a use mini warehousing and yard storage in the following districts:
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RM-2 |
Multiple Residential District (Medium Density); |
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RM-3 |
Multiple Residential District (High Density); |
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IP |
Industrial Park District; |
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IG |
General Industrial District; and |
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CT |
Thoroughfare Commercial District; |
Provided, however, the parcel for such use situate in either the RM-2 or RM-3 Districts shall be contiguous to either an IP, IG, or CT District.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)
14-36.050 Development regulations.
(a) All buildings shall be set back not less than twenty-five (25') feet from an arterial street right-of-way when located in the CT Thoroughfare Commercial District and twenty (20') feet when located in the Multiple Residential District or the CO Office District. There shall be a twenty (20') foot building setback line from all other streets, unless a platted building setback line would require a greater setback.
(b) Where the parcel is adjacent to an R-District, a twenty-five (25') foot landscaped yard shall be provided on the parcel adjacent to the R-District, and a twenty (20') foot landscaped front yard shall be provided when within 100 feet of an R-District or when across the street from an R-District. Landscaping shall be in addition to any architectural screening type fence. Such fence, when required, shall be solid or semi-solid and constructed to prevent the passage of debris or light and constructed of either brick, stone, architectural tile, masonry units, wood, or other similar material (not including woven wire) and shall not be less than five (5') feet nor more than eight (8') feet in height.
(c) Residential quarters for a manager or caretaker may be included within the mini warehouse development.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980, as amended by § 1, Ord. 609-83 C-M, eff. October 27, 1983)