Compton City Zoning Code
§ 30-20.6
Outside Storage and Display.
[Ord. #2101, § 14]
This subsection is established to provide standards for the outside storage and display of merchandise and equipment in the commercial and manufacturing zones.
a.
Limited Commercial (C-L) and Commercial Manufacturing (C-M) Zones. All uses, storage and display shall be located entirely within a building except for the following:
1.
Automobile sale or rental display areas (subject to approval by the Architectural Review Board);
2.
Automobile service stations (a maximum of 30 square feet may be used to display, but not store, auto related items);
3.
Childcare centers (play areas);
4.
Carnivals, temporary;
5.
Christmas tree lots;
6.
Employee and customer parking (24 hours or less);
7.
Florist shops (a maximum of 30 square feet may be used to display flowers and plants);
8.
Monument and tombstone sales (a maximum of 30 square feet may be used to display, but not store, monuments and tombstones);
9.
Motorcycle sales display areas (subject to approval by the Architectural Review Board);
10.
Pottery and porcelain sales (a maximum of 30 square feet may be used to display, but not store, pottery and porcelain);
11.
Nurseries, horticultural;
12.
Restaurants, outside seating areas (subject to approval by the Architectural Review Board);
13.
Special outside sales may be permitted as an accessory use to any licensed use provided, however, such sales shall require a separate license and shall not be held on more than 12 days in any calendar year;
14.
Shoeshine and newsstands (subject to approval by the Architectural Review Board); and
15.
Storage of commercial vehicles, limited to four operating vehicles (cars, pickup trucks or vans only) maintained as an accessory to a permitted use.
b.
Limited Manufacturing (M-L) and Heavy Manufacturing (M-H) Zones. The outside storage and display of merchandise, materials or equipment in conjunction with a permitted use shall be permitted as follows:
1.
Any outside storage or display permitted in the Limited Commercial (C-L) or Commercial Manufacturing (C-M) zones;
2.
Accessory storage and display areas not to exceed 30% of the size of the building (subject to screening and approval by the Architectural Review Board);
3.
Accessory parking of service vehicles, including trucks (24 hours or less);
4.
Boat sales (subject to approval by the Architectural Review Board);
5.
Truck, trailer and recreational vehicles sales and rental display areas (subject to approval of the Architectural Review Board);
c.
Development Standards. Except for those uses listed in paragraphs a and b, above, all outside operations, display and storage, including equipment, shall comply with the following standards:
1.
Fences, Walls and Gates.
(a)
All outside storage and display shall be conducted within an area enclosed by solid fences, walls and gates developed and constructed in accordance with Section 30-44 of this Chapter;
(b)
All fences, walls and gates visible from a public right-of-way shall conform to the provisions of the Uniform Paint Ordinance and the Corridor Improvement Plan and shall be landscaped or treated with an anti-graffiti substance approved by the City;
2.
Paving. The entire yard shall be paved with a minimum thickness of two inches of asphalt on a minimum of four inches of aggregate base material or a minimum of four inches of Portland cement concrete or other approved permanent impervious surfacing material.
5.
General.
(a)
No materials, equipment or wrecked or dismantled vehicles shall be placed or allowed to remain outside the enclosed yard area or stored at a height greater than that of the surrounding fence, wall or gate.
(b)
Required parking spaces shall not be used for the storage of materials or parking of equipment or wrecked or dismantled vehicles.
6.
Violations. The violation of this subsection is an infraction. The penalty for the violation of this subsection is a fine of $50 for the first violation, $75 for the second violation and $100 for each additional violation of this subsection within one year. The City Attorney shall have the authority to file the violation as a misdemeanor when a continuing violation is shown to exist. A continuing violation is deemed to be two or more violations for the same or different sections of the Municipal Code whereupon the violator was previously cited for an infraction.