The purpose of these regulations is to permit the establishment and operation of new heavy trucking uses subject to applicable operational standards and to provide mandatory improvements and operating standards for existing heavy trucking uses to adequately regulate these uses and ensure that their operations are consistent and compatible with the areas in which they are established.

(Ord. No. 2342, § 6, 6-22-2011; Ord. No. 2475 meeting, § 2, 3-27-2024)

Refer to Chapter 17.08 of this code.

(Ord. No. 2342, § 6, 6-22-2011)

A.

Site Improvements and Operating Standards. All new heavy trucking uses, as defined in Chapter 17.08 of this code, that are established after the effective date of this chapter shall comply with all applicable requirements of this code and the zoning district in which the use is located in addition to the distance requirement of Section 17.37.030.B.

B.

Distance Requirements.

1.

Five Hundred Feet Separation Required. A new heavy trucking use, as defined in Chapter 17.08 of this code, shall not be established on any parcel or lot located within five hundred feet of any residential zone or other sensitive land use. A sensitive land use shall include (i) a public or private kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior high or high school; (ii) a licensed child-care facility or preschool other than a small or large family day care facility; (iii) playground; (iv) youth center; (v) recreational facility; (vi) park; or (vii) library.

2.

How to Measure Operation. The distance between any parcel or lot used for heavy trucking uses and the residential zone or sensitive land uses detailed above shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest property line of the parcel or lot used for heavy trucking uses to the closest property line of the residentially zoned property, or sensitive land use.

(Ord. No. 2342, § 6, 6-22-2011)

All existing heavy trucking uses at the time this chapter became effective as a result of the adoption of Ordinance No. 2342 on 6-22-2011, without an effective conditional use permit, shall be in compliance with the conditions and requirements described in this chapter. Any existing heavy trucking use in compliance with the conditions and requirements set forth in this chapter shall no longer be considered a nonconforming use, as regulated by Chapter 17.54 of this code. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section by any of the affected parties will result in the enforcement of an abatement order by the city.

1.

Site Improvements and Operating Standards. All existing heavy trucking uses, as identified in the paragraph above, shall demonstrate compliance with applicable standards of this code and the zoning district in which the use is located, including but not limited to those regulating lighting and glare, landscaping, screening, noise, vibration, and hazardous substances. Additionally, the following standards shall apply to all applicable uses:

a.

A solid decorative wall of at least eight feet in height must be constructed along all property lines abutting, or across an alley from, a residentially zoned property (except that in the required front yard setback of a residential use a three-foot decorative wall shall be constructed and additional non view-obscuring wrought iron may be placed on top of the three-foot wall). A wall shall be considered decorative if it incorporates architectural variation on its surface (i.e. slumpstone, stuccoed, split-face or similar).

b.

A landscaped planter of a minimum of ten feet wide shall be required along all property lines abutting a residentially zoned property. The planter shall be fully irrigated and subject to the review and approval of a landscape and irrigation plan by the city's planning division. The landscape plan shall complement the solid eight-foot wall in providing a visual screen and physical separation from the abutting residentially zoned property and shall discourage plant materials susceptible to vermin such as ivy and vines.

c.

A photometric plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the city's planning division prior to the issuance of a business license and a certificate of occupancy. The photometric plan shall show lighting levels that do not exceed zero and five tenths footcandles along any property lines abutting a residentially zoned property.

d.

All trash areas and storage of trash/utility bins shall be located a minimum of one hundred feet from any property line shared with a residentially zoned property.

e.

Any areas used for the parking of trucks, trailers, or fleet vehicles shall be located a minimum of one hundred feet from any property line shared with a residential zone. Customer or employee parking shall be permitted within the one hundred-foot buffer.

The director, at his/her discretion, may grant specific deviations from these standards (or the standards of this code and the zoning district in which the use is located) for existing heavy trucking uses satisfying the requirements of this chapter if strict compliance with these conditions and requirements is impeded by existing physical constraints or limitations of the affected sites.

Standards, requirements. allowances and limitations established in this section shall supersede any conflicting provisions set forth outside of this chapter.

1.

Intensification, Expansion. The intensification, expansion, or substantial alteration of an existing heavy trucking use will not be permitted unless all applicable requirements of this code and the zone in which the use is located are met in addition to the operation standards of Section 17.37.030A for the affected areas of the proposal. The distance requirement in Section 17.37.030 shall not apply to the intensification, expansion, or substantial alteration of a heavy trucking use in existence at the time of the effective date of this chapter that is in compliance with the conditions and requirements set forth in this chapter for existing heavy trucking uses.

(Ord. No. 2342, § 6, 6-22-2011; Ord. No. 2475 meeting, § 2, 3-27-2024)