§ 22.30.530. Sales Lots and Swap Meets.

Outdoor sales lots and swap meets are allowed in the Commercial Service and Industrial categories subject to the provisions of this Section. (Wrecking yards are subject to Section 22.30.380 - Recycling and Scrap.)

A.

Sales lots. May be conducted as a principal use (as in the case of a used car lot), or as an accessory use (such as a sales yard in conjunction with a building materials store), subject to the following.

1.

Permit requirement. As determined by Section 22.08.030 (Project-Based Permit Requirements - Outdoor Storage Uses), except when a sales lot is accessory to a use that is otherwise required to have a higher permit.

2.

Site design standards.

a.

Displays. Displays shall be limited to street frontages only. All other property lines shall be screened in compliance with Subsection A.2.d. All signing shall comply with Chapter 22.20 (Sign Standards).

b.

Parking requirement. One space per 3,000 square feet of outdoor use area, one space per 300 square feet of office space.

c.

Landscape planting. A five foot wide planting strip shall be provided adjacent to all street property lines, consisting of ground-covering vegetation which may be maintained at a height less than three feet, with street trees located within the planting strip at 20-foot intervals. This is in addition to any landscape requirements of Chapter 22.16. (Landscaping).

d.

Screening. All interior property lines shall be screened with a six foot high solid wall or fence.

e.

Office facilities. When no buildings exist or are proposed on a sales yard site, one commercial coach may be used for an office, provided that such vehicle is equipped with skirting, and installed pursuant the permit requirements of Title 19 of the County Code (the Building and Construction Ordinance).

f.

Site surfacing. A sales lot shall be surfaced with concrete, A.C. paving, crushed rock, or other material maintained in a dust-free condition. All vehicle drive areas shall be paved with concrete, asphalt or crushed rock.

B.

Outdoor equipment rental yards with incidental ready-mix concrete. Outdoor equipment rental yards which include incidental retail ready-mix concrete operations shall satisfy the requirements of Section 22.30.140.B, in addition to the provisions of Subsection A.

C.

Swap meets. May be conducted only as a temporary use on the site of another use established in compliance with this Title in a Commercial Service or Industrial category, provided that such site is also in conformity with the standards of this Section.

1.

Location. On an arterial, or on a collector which extends between two other collectors or arterials, provided that a swap meet shall not be located on a site that abuts a residential category.

2.

Limitation on use. The sale of vehicles is not permitted. Any sales of food items are subject to Health Department approval.

3.

Site design standards.

a.

Parking requirement. As determined by the Review Authority.

b.

Restrooms. Public restrooms shall be provided at a swap meet as required by the Health Department.

c.

Site surfacing. Portions of a swap meet site used for sales activities, or pedestrian circulation shall be surfaced with concrete, asphalt, or planted with maintained lawn. Vehicle access and parking areas shall be surfaced in compliance with Chapter 22.18 (Parking and Loading). All site areas not otherwise used for buildings or vehicle circulation shall be landscaped.

4.

Operation. Swap meets shall be held during the daylight hours, on no more than two days out of every seven days. This standard may be modified through Conditional Use Permit approval where it is found that the proposed site will be provided with adequate permanent parking and restroom facilities, and that the surrounding area can sustain traffic volumes generated by a swap meet without adverse effects in the area.

[Amended 1987, Ord. 2330; 1992, Ord. 2553; 1993, Ord. 2648; 1999, Ord. 2880] [22.08.144]