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Home My WebLink About3864-06/01/1992ORDINANCE NO. 3864 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 2479, AS AMENDED, BY: REPEALING SUBSECTION (12) AUTOMOBILE, TRACTOR OR MACHINERY SALVAGE YARD OF 2A-3, DEFINITIONS, OF PART III; AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW SUBSECTION (100a), RECYCLING YARD; BY REPEALING SUBSECTION (6) OF SUBSECTION (H), SPECIAL PERMIT REQUIRED, OF SECTION 2A-48, EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS, OF PART XXII; AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW SUBSECTION (6) OF SUBSECTION (H), SPECIAL PERMIT REQUIRED, OF SECTION 2A-48, EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS, OF PART XXII. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA: That Subsection (12) Automobile, Tractor or Machinery Salvage Yard of 2A-3, Definitions, of Part III, of Zoning Ordinance No. 2479, as amended, is hereby repealed in its entirety; that new Subsection (100a), Recycling Yard, is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows: (100a) Recycling Yard: Any place where materials that would otherwise be considered waste, are collected, separated, or processed to be used as raw materials. Materials would include, but not be limited to: scrap iron or other metals, motor vehicles not in running condition and not being restored to running condition, parts of vehicles, plastic bottles or containers, rags, paper and cardboard. That Subsection (6) of Subsection (H), Special Permit Required, of Section 2A-48, Exceptions and Modifications, of Part XXII, of Zoning Ordinance No. 2479, as amended, is hereby repealed in its entirety; that new Subsection (6) of Subsection (H), Special Permit Required, of Section 2A-48, Exceptions and Modifications, of Part XXII is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows: 6. Recycling Yards and Junk Yards as defined in this ordinance provided that they are within the following zoning classifications: "M-1" Light Industrial District, "M-2" Heavy Industrial District or "M -2,P" Planned Industrial District and meet the following minimum requirements: a. The yard shall be completely surrounded with a fence or wall that is at least eight (8) feet in uniform height and color. The fence shall be of an opaque material and kept free of any openings such as broken out areas and torn holes. Chain link or heavy wire gates may be used for see through/inspection purposes for no more than 40 feet along each side of the yard having street frontage and at approved points of access to a public street or alley. Chain link or heavy wire fencing that is free from torn areas or openings may be placed along sides of the yard adjoining a flood control levee or other such barrier which would permanently screen the yard from public view. b. No off -premise advertising shall be on any wall or fence. The name of the yard and other services offered by the yard, if placed on the wall or fence, shall occupy no more than ten (10) percent of the wall or fence. c. The posts, rails or other supporting elements of the fence shall face the inside of the yard and not be visible from outside the yard. Ordinance No. 3864 Page 2 1. Vehicle bodies stacked higher than the wall or fence shall be no higher than two (2) car bodies above the wall or fence when stacked at least fifteen (15) feet from the wall or fence. Car bodies stacked no higher than the fence need not be 15 feet from the fence. All other stacked salvage material shall not be stacked higher than the allowable building height for the District. The Board of Adjustment shall have the power to grant an exception to these stacking provision so long as said exception is in accordance with the purpose and intent of the Zoning Ordinance. e. All work performed shall be carried on within the fenced area or within an enclosed building or structure approved as a part of the salvage operation. f. Contaminating fluids, such as gasoline, oil and grease, are prohibited from being discharged onto the ground. g. No salvage materials shall be placed in the Floodway District. Materials in the Floodway Fringe District (100 year flood district) shall be in accordance with the performance standards of that District. h. New yards established after the adoption of these provisions shall place the required solid wall or fence no closer to any street lot line than the minimum front yard required in the District it is located. Within this setback there shall be at least four 2 inch caliper understory trees within every 100 feet or part thereof that are maintained in a healthy condition. This does not pertain to expansions of existing yards within the same block and on the same street as the existing yard. All areas devoted to customer and/or employee parking located outside of the fence or wall area must be hard surfaced and on private property in accordance with the off-street parking section of the Zoning Ordinance. INTRODUCED June 1, 1992 PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: June 1, 1992 PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION: June 1, 1992 PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION: June 1, 1992 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council this 1st day of June, 1992, and approved by the Mayor this 3rd day of June, 1992. ATTEST: ar ' y urge Albert . Manning, Jr. ,k444/11;) City erk/Auditor CERTIFICATE or I, Larry P. Burger, City Clerk/Auditor of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 3864, as passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 1st day of June, 1992. Witness my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of June, 1992. urger, y Cle ditor 302 QO2 INmiDEXac. pP MARGIN PROOF COMPAREtJ 0142 BLACK HAWK COUNTY, 10WA:SS Filed for record July 8 19 92 at 11:00 A M, and recorded in Misc Book 302 Paged 1- ii¢Sci Recorder Deputy fee 10.00/ City of Waterloo Clerk/Auditor 307 P EE003 FORM 1 -S.-LATE OF IOWA, B1ak. 'gawk County, } SS within an enclosed building f or truc- ture approved as part vage operation. fluids, such as 1.g Contaml and grease, are prohib- tedofrooil and being fromm being discharged onto the ground. g. No salvage materials shallabe placed in the Floodway Ftbnct. t. Materials in the FloodwaY District (100 year flood district) shall be in accordance with the p erfor- manceyardds of that District. hs established after the adoptioh of - New Y these provisions shall pl or fence the clrequiredoser to streetot Mine anynoelominirfront yard thanu the mmurtum required in the District it is located• Within this setback there shall be at least tour 2 inch caliper understory trees within every 100 feet or part thereof that are maintained in a healthy condition. This does not pertain to expansions of existing yards within the same block and on the same street as the existing yard. All areas devoted parking 1 tomer and/or employee located outside of the fence or wall area bin hardmustaccordance with aced and on thoff-street ll>; privatepropertysection of the the off-street Parking Zoning Ordinance. INTRODUCED June 1, 1992. + 0 PASSED91ST CONSIDERATION: PASSED�2ND CONSIDERATION: June 1, 9 2. PASSED3RDCONSIDERATION: June 1, 3 2 PASSED AND ADOPTED of June, 199y , Council tproved by s 1st the Mayor t is 3rd and of 1992. this 3rd day of June, Albert C. Manning, Jr., Mayor ATTEST: CityClerk/Auditor Larry P. Burger, uaL ,S6 SI jJ JO L dol 6u1sseJp ew!lAea ;I9S9 Eole}e3 3381 • pea Ws 0£'i� + 051$ Alu0 ic9Z0M golele0 uoiysei M3N I do solemnly swear that the annexed copy of Ordinance #3864 Legal Waterloo, City of notice was published in the Waterloo -Cedar Falls Courier, a daily newspaper printed in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, once commencing on the 24 day of June 19 92 in the issue of June 24, 1992 of said newspaper, and that the annexed rate of advertising is the regular legal rate of said newspaper, and that the following is a correct bill for publishing said notice. Printer ill $ t� Signed Subscribed and sworn to before me this e2 day of 1A -.f A. D., 19 q =2 Notary Public Received of the sum of Dollars in full for publication of the above notice.