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ROUGH DRAFT 09/20/00 2. Loading/Outdoor Storage Areas [reference Sec. 3 Subd.6 p. 3 -53 ?] a) All loading and outdoor storage areas in business, industrial, and special zoning districts shall be screened from abutting and surrounding public streets or property designated for residential uses. b) Screening of loading and outdoor storage areas shall be at least six (6) feet in height at time of installation/planting and shall provide seventy percent (70 %) [is this enough? Too much n visual obscurity year -round unless otherwise approved by the City. [p.3 -45 limits height to 4 feet. Potential conflict with CPTED ? ?] c) All loading and outdoor storage areas shall be located behind the front building line of the principal building and shall conform to the standard side and rear yard setbacks established for other structures in the zoning district. 3. Mechanical and Utility Equipment a) Any mechanical or utility equipment located on the roof top, exterior walls, or premises of any multi - family, commercial, industrial, or institutional building shall be screened from abutting and surrounding public streets or property designated for single family residential uses. b) Window or room air- conditioners, chimneys, and stacks shall be exempt from these screening requirements. 4. Dempster Enclosures and/or Recycling Receptacles [reference Sec. 3 Subd. 4G? p. 3 -25] a) All trash dumpsters and/or recycling receptacles on the premises of any property used for multi - family, commercial, industrial, or institutional uses shall be screened from all public streets and abutting property designated for single family residential uses with a fence, wall, or other enclosure six (6) feet in height. b) Enclosures shall provide a minimum opaqueness of eighty percent (80 %) at eye level view on all sides. However, the City may waive the requirement to provide enclosure gates if the resulting open side of the enclosure is not visible from an existing or future public street or property designated for residential uses. c) Enclosures must be located behind the front building line of the principal building and shall conform to the standard side and rear yard setbacks established for other structures in the zoning district. D. Additional Requirements: 1. Traffic visibility requirements (p. 3 -9 ZO) — On corner lots, vegetation or structures shall not be placed or allowed to grow in such a manner as materially to impede vision in the traffic visibility triangle between a height of two and one-half (2 i) and ten (10) feet above the centerline grade of the intersecting roadways. [illustrate with diagram]