Huntsville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 61.
DISPOSAL-STORAGE DISTRICT REGULATIONS[9]
Purpose. The purpose of this disposal-storage district is to provide a special type of use district for those industries who, by their nature and operation, could have an adverse effect on residential, commercial, or other industrial uses.
The disposal-storage district is established for the protection of these types of uses from the encroachment of residential and other commercial or industrial uses which would be adverse to the operation and expansion of these types of uses and at the same time to reduce to a minimum the influence of these types of uses on surrounding residential or commercial uses.
It is the intent of this district to be composed primarily of lands deep within the industrial areas of the city away from residential and commercial areas. These regulations are the minimum required for the mutual protection of the industrial users, and to that end, the district should not be adjacent to any residential or business districts, if such abutment can possibly be avoided.
Within a disposal-storage district as shown on the official Zoning Maps of the City of Huntsville, the following regulations shall apply:
Cross reference— Sewers, sewage disposal and other wastewater disposal, ch. 21.
61.1.- Definitions.
Notwithstanding other definitions within this ordinance, the following definitions shall apply to these regulations for the disposal-storage district:
Automobile wrecking yard. Any place where two or more motor vehicles not in running condition, or parts thereof, are stored in the open and are not being restored to operation; or any land, building or structure used for wrecking or storing of such motor vehicles or farm machinery, or parts thereof, stored in the open and not being restored to operating condition.
Junk[yard] or salvage yard. Any land or building or other structure where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including automobile wrecking yards, house wrecking, and structural steel materials and equipment, but not including the purchase or storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operable condition, or used or salvaged materials as part of manufacturing operations.
61.2. - Uses permitted.
No building, structure, land, or any combination of such shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or maintained, except for one or more of the following uses:
Automobile wrecking yards
Asphalt manufacture
Central mixing plant for cement, mortar, or paving materials
Gasoline and L.P. gas bulk storage plants
Junk[yard] and/or salvage yards
Limestone drying and stockpiling
Quarrying
Federal, state, county, or city owned or operated uses
Wholesale operations
Warehousing and outdoor storage
Accessory structures and uses to permitted uses
Privately owned and operated landfills
Repair garages
Incinerators
Automobile storage yard
Scrap metal processing yard
Automobile graveyard
Permitted uses as special exceptions as defined and regulated by subsection 92.5.3 hereof
(Ord. No. 09-1053, § 1, 12-17-2009)
61.3. - Required yards.
61.3.1. No building or structure shall be located less than 50 feet from the front property line.
61.3.2. No building or structure shall be located less than 25 feet from any side or rear property line.
61.3.3. Outdoor storage is permitted in the required front, side, and rear yards.
61.4. - Fencing and screening.
61.4.1. A seven-foot-high chainlink fence, or equal, is required completely around the tract on which an automobile storage yard, scrap metal processing yard, or automobile graveyard is located, except gates will be provided at points of ingress and egress.
61.4.2. Each use shall be screen planted completely around the perimeter of the tract on which it is located, except at points of ingress and egress. This screen shall be planted and maintained as provided in section 3.1, buffer of screen planting hereof.
61.5. - Outdoor storage and waste disposal.
61.5.1. No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a tract in such form or manner that they may likely be transferred off the tract by the elements.
61.5.2. All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible by or otherwise attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only in accordance with the fire and sanitation ordinances of the city.
61.6. - Off-street parking and loading.
Each use shall provide adequate off-street parking and loading for its employees, visitors, and customers. Lighting of off-street parking and vehicular use areas is required in accordance with section 71.6, PVA lighting requirements.
On-street parking or loading shall not be permitted.
Required bicycle parking spaces and facilities shall be provided as set forth in article 76 hereof.
(Ord. No. 99-1020, § 13, 1-13-2000; Ord. No. 10-507, § 2, 8-26-2010)
61.7. - Signs permitted.
Signs shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of article 72—Sign control regulations.
(Ord. No. 21-46, § 1(Exh. A, § B.2.), 2-25-2021)