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October 20, 2020 Centerville Planning & Zoning Commission Page 2 of 6 Industrial Outside Storage, Draft Ordinance Amendments Section 156.144 Other Standards, has the following: (M) Outside storage. All products, materials and equipment, except as specifically provided in this chapter, shall be stored within permitted structures, except for the following: . . . . 2) Commercial/industrial districts. Storage of products, materials and equipment, excluding rubbish or junk, which is necessary to an approved business operation in a commercial or industrial district, and which is completely screened from adjoining properties and rights-of-way. The site plan review process is required to determine the appropriateness for storage permitted in the section, surfacing required for the storage area and the screening required. Section 156.111 Fences and Special Privacy Screening has the following which already limits fences in the front yard of an industrial district: F) Fencing in commercial/industrial zoning districts shall not exceed eight feet in height. Fences, except decorative fences not exceeding three feet in height, shall not be placed in a front yard of an industrial or commercial lot. Section 156.030 Commercial District (B-1) has the following standards for buffering between commercial and residentials districts. This is more substantial than the buffering now required with the industrial district. We suggest this language could be included in the I-1 district requirements: (D) Buffer zone between commercial and residential districts. Where a commercial district abuts a residential district, any new development shall include a buffer zone. There shall be a protective strip of not less than ten feet in width. This protective strip shall contain no structures, shall not be used for parking, off-street loading or storage, and shall be landscaped. The landscape treatment shall include a compact screen wall or fence, but shall not extend within 15 feet of the street right-of-way. The planting or fence design must be approved by the site plan review process. The site plan review process requires review by the Planning and Zoning Committee and the City Council, as set forth in this chapter. Further down in Section 156.040 Industrial District (I-1) is the following, which already requires screening of loading facilities and docks: (L) Loading facilities. Loading facilities shall be on the side or rear yards. When adjacent to and/or visible from any public street, the facilities must be adequately screened. We suggest that the site plan review process is sufficient and it is not necessary to list outside storage as a Conditional Use. But we think it should be clarified that Section 156.108 Site Plan Review would include anywhere a site plan review is required by the Zoning Code. That section now says: