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20-1767  Wholesale, Storage, and Distribution

Wholesaling, storage, distribution, and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals and plants. The following are wholesaling, storage and distribution use types:

(1) Climate-Controlled Mini-Warehouse

A Building or group of buildings containing varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized and controlled-access stalls, lockers, or units designed for the individual access of storage units from within an access-controlled area accessed by individuals for storing of household and personal property within an enclosed building that is climate controlled with central heating or air conditioning.  Storage units shall not be used for workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, retail sales, or similar uses. Human occupancy shall be limited to that required to transport, arrange, and maintain stored materials.

Storage units are not permitted for human occupancy and shall not be used for commercial activities or personal and/or commercial transactions. Storage units shall be accessed from interior hallways and shall not be accessed from individual exterior overhead doors. Buildings may or may not be multi-story.

(2) Exterior Mini-Warehouse

A Building, or group of buildings, containing varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized and controlled-access stalls, lockers, or units designed for the individual access of units from within an access-controlled area accessed by individuals for storing of household and personal property. Storage units are not climate controlled and exclude power and other utility connections.  Storage units shall be single story and shall only be accessible from ground-level.  Storage units shall not be used for workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, retail sales, or similar uses. Human occupancy shall be limited to that required to transport, arrange, and maintain stored materials.

(3) Self-Storage Containers

Containers or a collection of containers placed on a site, for more than 30 days, as permeant structures intended to be used and accessed by individuals for storing of household and personal property. Containers are typically shipping containers placed or organized on site to create an appearance of a single building or multiple buildings on a site. Access to individual storage units is accommodated by doors or overhead doors.  Storage units shall be single story and only accessible from ground-level.

(4) Garage Condo

Enclosed storage facility located in a building that is compartmentalized into units intended for individual ownership and used for storage of personal property with limited ability for personal, residential/hobby type shop tools such as automotive, carpentry, and artist studio. Individual units are not intended to be residentially occupied and do not have sanitary sewer capacity, but may be provided with individual power. Associated site accessory uses may include office support services and other gathering spaces, such as a private clubhouse, for use by the facility’s members.

(5) Light Warehousing and Storage

Wholesaling, storage, and warehousing services within enclosed Structures. Typical uses include wholesale distributors, storage warehouses and moving and storage firms. Customer access to stored materials is not generally provided.

(6) Heavy

Open-air storage, distribution, the handling of materials and equipment or bulk storage of fuel. Typical uses include monument or stone yards, train yards, grain elevators and large-scale fuel storage.