§ 18.104.290. Utility service centers.

The following special requirements shall apply if the proposed use is a utility service center which includes equipment yard functions:

A.

Screening.

1.

Equipment yard activities shall be screened from all streets and to the extent possible from adjacent uses, and may involve any combination of structures and landscaping acceptable to the director of planning.

2.

Notwithstanding subsection (A)(1), any screening must include a twenty-foot setback which is covered with a dense landscaping screen on the side and rear property lines of any utility service center that adjoins a parcel that is located within an IP zoning district.

3.

Notwithstanding subsection (A)(1), screening must include the landscaping required by subsection (D)(4) of Section 18.40.110 if the utility service center is located in the industrial park district adjoining a parcel located in a residential or agricultural zoning district.

B.

Noise Barrier. Construction of an effective masonry or other high-mass noise barrier at the setback between the equipment yard component of the facility, including access drives, and any adjacent parcels not located within an agricultural preserve, agricultural watershed, or general industrial zoning district shall be required.

(Ord. 1039 § 3, 1993: Ord. 845 § 1 (part), 1987: prior code § 12424)