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Outside Salvage or Reclamation

Definition

A facility which stores, keeps, dismantles, or salvages scrap or discarded material or equipment outside. Scrap or discarded material includes but is not limited to metal, paper, rags, tires, bottles, or inoperable or wrecked motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts, machinery, and appliances

Districts Permitted

By SUP only in the IM district

Required Off-Street Parking

One space for each 500 square feet of floor area; a minimum of five spaces required

Handicapped Parking

Must be provided if more than ten off-street parking spaces are required for this use

Total number of required off-street parking spaces

Minimum number of handicapped spaces required

1 - 50

1

51 - 100

2

101 - 300

3

301 - 500

5

over 500

1% of Total

Required Off-Street Loading

Square feet of floor area in structure

Total required spaces or berths

 0 to 50,000

1

50,000 to 100,000

2

Each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof

1 additional

Additional Provisions

  • This use must have a visual screen of at least nine feet in height which consists of a solid masonry, concrete, or corrugated sheet metal wall, or a chain link fence with metal strips through all links
  • The owner of an outside salvage or reclamation use shall not stack objects higher than eight feet within 40 feet of the visual screen. The owner of an outside salvage or reclamation use may stack objects one foot higher than eight feet for each five feet of setback from the 40 foot point
  • If an inoperable or wrecked motor vehicle remains outside on the premises for more than 24 hours, the premises is an outside salvage or reclamation use. However, a premise is not an outside salvage or reclamation use if the premise stores not more than four inoperable or wrecked motor vehicles each of which having a valid state registration, current safety inspection certificate, and documentary record of pending repairs or other disposition, and if the premise has a current certificate of occupancy for a motor vehicle related use
  • A minimum distance of 500 feet is required between an outside salvage or reclamation use and an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF, MF(A), MH, or MH(A) district

 


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