Chapter 23.1005
SOUTH SUNRISE AUTO DISMANTLERS SPECIAL PLANNING AREA
Sections:
23.1005.040 Development standards.
23.1005.010 Purpose.
It is the intent of the city council in adopting the special planning area ordinance codified in this chapter to continue to allow development in the South Sunrise auto dismantlers area, described in Exhibit 23.1005.020-1 to the ordinance codified in this chapter, under the standards and uses permitted in the M-2 zone. It is also the intent of the city council in adopting the ordinance codified in this chapter to allow the incidental sales of clean title or salvaged automobiles in conjunction with auto dismantling businesses.
The objectives of South Sunrise auto dismantlers special planning area are:
A. To recognize the existing development of dense screen trees planted in the landscaped setback areas adjacent to public streets, which improves the aesthetics along Sunrise Boulevard and other public streets in the South Sunrise area. These characteristics support the application of different standards.
B. To maintain and continue the existing pattern of dense screen trees in a 25-foot landscape area along Sunrise Boulevard and other public streets in the South Sunrise area.
C. To require, when auto parts or dismantled vehicles are stored outside at a level higher than the fence or wall, there shall be a dense screening trees to shield the view from the public street.
D. To allow the outside storage height of auto parts and dismantled vehicles stored behind an enclosed wall or fence so as not to be seen from the public street and to allow the storage height to increase as the setback from the public street and wall increases in a “tiered” manner.
E. To allow the incidental sales of clean title or salvaged automobiles and trucks in conjunction with auto dismantling in the South Sunrise auto dismantlers special planning area.
F. To encourage the use of side yard areas away from public streets for the storage of dismantled vehicle parts. [Ord. 4-2017 § 3 (Exh. B); Ord. 6-2011 § 3 (Exh. B)].
23.1005.020 Exhibit.
Sections described in this chapter and adopted by ordinance are to regulate the property described in Exhibit 23.1005.020-1, attached to the ordinance codified in this chapter, the boundaries of the area regulated. [Ord. 6-2011 § 3 (Exh. B)].
23.1005.030 Uses.
Those uses permitted and conditionally permitted in the M-2 zoning district classification, as regulated by the M-2 zoning district classification, Table 23.316-1, Allowed Use and Permit Requirements for General Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts, of the city of Rancho Cordova zoning code, except that:
A. The storage of dismantled vehicles shall be permitted, subject to the provisions in RCMC 23.1005.040.
B. The incidental sales of clean title or salvaged automobiles and trucks shall be allowed as regulated in this section. The incidental sales and display of clean title or salvaged cars and trucks shall be limited to utilizing no more than 15 percent of the total site. The sales and display of clean title or salvaged cars and trucks in the South Sunrise auto dismantlers special planning area shall take place within an enclosed yard area or enclosed building, within the buildable portion of the lot. (Display of vehicles may occur in the front parking, as long as the vehicles are not occupying the required on-site parking for the business.)
C. All existing dismantling operations with a valid use permit in effect on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter may continue to operate under the conditions of approval adopted by the county. [Ord. 6-2011 § 3 (Exh. B)].
23.1005.040 Development standards.
The development standards shall be those of the M-2 zoning district classification of the city of Rancho Cordova zoning code, except that auto dismantling and wrecking yard and the incidental sales of clean title or salvaged autos and trucks shall be as regulated herein.
A. Outside Storage of Dismantled Vehicles.
1. The yard shall be enclosed by a metal fence or masonry wall not less than six feet high, maximum height may be increased to no more than 14 feet high, subject to a limited use permit (See RCMC 23.125.010), and subject to the enclosure designs in Figure 1.
2. Chain link and electrified fence may be used subject to a limited use permit (See RCMC 23.125.010). Where the storage of dismantled vehicles or parts abuts another property along an interior lot line which is used by an auto dismantler or includes the outdoor storage of materials, parts or vehicles, chain link fence is allowed along the interior lot line.
3. No dismantled vehicle parts shall be stored higher than the fence or wall immediately adjacent to any public street.
4. When a 25-foot landscaped setback is provided along any public right-of-way with dense screen trees, the outside storage height of auto parts and dismantled vehicles stored behind an enclosed fence or wall shall be allowed to exceed the height of the fence or wall, based on the storage setback high point from the fence or wall, according to the following subsections.
B. If a solid metal fence or masonry wall is set back from the street right-of-way, a minimum of 25 feet, and there is landscaping or parking and screening trees landscaping between the right of way and the fence or wall, as required by this section, the following provisions shall apply:
1. Internal Street Views Within the SSSPA.
a. Within a distance of 10 feet of the fence or wall, dismantled vehicle parts may not be stored higher than the required fence or wall.
b. Between 10 feet and 50 feet from the fence or wall, dismantled vehicle parts may be stored to a height not to exceed three feet above the fence or wall.
2. Street View from Sunrise Boulevard. No dismantled vehicle parts or vehicles shall be stored higher than the screen fence or wall, within 20 feet of the fence or wall. Dismantled parts and vehicles may be stored higher than the fence or wall, if tree plantings from the city’s preferred screening tree list, as a guide, are planted in double rows, at least every 20 feet on center in an offset pattern. At maturity the trees shall provide screening to a height of at least 12 feet above the enclosing fence or wall or at least 20 feet above the ground, whichever is greater.
C. The outside storage of dismantled vehicles and/or auto parts stored is permitted behind permanent on-site buildings that completely screen the view of the storage from the public street right-of-way and shall not exceed the height of the building.
D. Where the storage of dismantled vehicles or parts abut a property which is not used by an auto dismantler nor includes the outdoor storage of materials, parts or vehicles, the following standard shall apply:
1. The storage of dismantled vehicles or parts shall be screened behind either a solid masonry wall or combination of solid metal fence/masonry wall. Said fence or wall may be constructed up to 14 feet in height with limited use permit approval; or
2. The storage of dismantled vehicles or parts which extend above the height of the solid masonry wall or combination of solid metal fence/masonry wall shall be set back from the property line 10 feet for every five feet of storage above the height of the fence or wall. (Example: If there is an eight-foot fence, then storage height up to 13 feet must be set back 10 feet from the property line.)
Figure 1. Preferred Screening and Fence and Wall Details
[Ord. 6-2011 § 3 (Exh. B)].