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b) General commercial: Height maximums are governed by the zone. See Chapter Five, Dimensional Requirements. 4) Li~,htin~. All outdoor lights must be shielded to direct light and glare only onto the facility's premises and may be of sufficient intensity to discourage vandalism and theft. Lighting and glare must be deflected, shaded and focused away from any adjoining residential property. ~ Minimum/maximum lot sizes. a) High density/mixed use residential and the Officed/limited commercial: -Minimum lot size - one acre -Maximum lot size - three acres b) General commercial: -Minimum lot size - one acre -Maximum lot size - none. 6) Landscapine. fencing. All SSSFs are subject to the buffering and landscaping set forth in Chapter Nine of this Ordinance. Additionally, a minimum six foot fence is required about the perimeter of the development with the following exception. Fencing may be eliminated when the natural layout of the storage facility's rear wall line forms a buffer. Portions of the fence which face arterial or residential streets are to be solid or semisolid and pleasingly decorative. 7) Storage. No outside storage is permitted in either the High density residential/mixed use zone or the Office/limited commercial zones. ***************************************************************************** Notes: (from Standards for Self-Service Storage Facilities, APA.) 1) Square footage: The average SSSF has 46,863 square feet of rentable space. 2) Traffic: Studies have shown that SSSFs generally receive only two-axle vehicles, not semi- trucks, and that they generate only a small amount of traffic spread over a long period of time. 3) Users: An estimated 65 to 70 percent of SSSF space is rented by people who need more space for storing personal possessions. 4) History: Over the past 20 years, there has been a trend away from viewing SSSFs as a warehouse activity appropriate to industrial/commercial zones only. Increasingly, they are viewed as a land use which should be dispersed throughout the community for the greater convenience of their users but sited based on standards. Preparer: Sue G. Russell, 788-8141 (ext. 149), 1/11/94.