All nonresidential and multifamily developments shall provide trash and recycling storage areas in accordance with these standards. Such facilities shall be provided within an enclosed structure on the property to be served by the facility.

Trash and recycling storage facilities shall be located in side and rear yards only and shall be set back at least 10 feet from a side property line and at least five feet from a rear property line.

The required storage facility location for nonresidential uses shall be at the rear of the building it serves, near to any loading area, and out of view from any public street. For multifamily residential uses the recommended location is within, or adjacent to, a tenant parking area.

Trash and recycling storage facilities shall be large enough to meet the needs of the particular use they are intended to serve. Facility capacity requirements will depend upon the trash and recycling demands of the particular use, and the frequency of removal. It shall be the responsibility of an applicant to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the approving authority, that the proposed capacity of storage facilities will be adequate. The applicant shall provide estimates of trash and recyclable material generation in terms of cubic feet of storage space required per week per type of material to be stored.

Trash and recycling storage facilities shall include a four-inch thick reinforced concrete pad base over four inches of compacted stone, and shall be surrounded on three sides by a masonry wall or solid wood board fence. If the open side of the enclosure is visible from the public street or from a public use area, a solid gate shall be provided.

Recycling material storage areas shall be roofed. If freestanding, fully enclosed, recycling material storage containers are utilized, the required solid enclosure may be omitted provided the storage area is enclosed by an acceptable landscape screen.

Storage areas for organic material may be enclosed on three sides by an acceptable landscape screen.

Trash and recycling storage facilities for multifamily residential developments shall be housed within roofed structures. Such structures shall be similar, in terms of building design and building materials, to the principal structures.

Where utilized as a permitted alternative to a structural enclosure, landscape screening for trash and recycling storage areas shall consist of evergreen plantings at least six feet in height at time of installation, and spaced so as to provide a continuous visual screen.