DEFINITION

A facility where individual secured areas inside of a structure are rented for short-term storage of a variety of non-hazardous, nonperishable durable goods and where the lessee has direct access and responsibility for loading and unloading the storage.

STANDARDS

1. The individual storage units of a self-storage facility may be located in a fully-enclosed building, with access to individual storage units provided from common areas located indoors.
2. Where the individual storage units of a self-storage facility are accessed from outside a structure, a landscape buffer or fence is required along all side and rear lot lines that abut residential uses.
3. Doors serving individual storage units are prohibited on building facades facing primary or secondary throughfares,
4. Outdoor storage must be visually screened from any thoroughfare by a building, landscape buffer, fence, or wall. Outdoor storage of any kind is prohibited outside the screened area.