40.360.020    Amount of Storage Required

Amount of Storage Required. The amount of solid waste and recyclable storage area required is based on the predominant use(s) of the building (i.e., residential, office, retail, educational/institutional or other). If a building has more than one (1) of the uses listed in this section, and that use occupies twenty percent (20%) or less of the gross floor area of the building, the floor area occupied by that use shall be counted toward the floor area of the predominant use(s). If a building has more than one (1) of the uses listed in this section, and that use occupies more than twenty percent (20%) of the gross floor area of the building, then the storage area requirement for the whole building shall be the sum of the requirement for the area of each use.

A.    Storage areas for multiple uses on a single site may be combined and shared.

B.    The specific requirements are based on an assumed storage height of four (4) feet for solid waste/recyclables. Vertical storage higher than four (4) feet but no higher than seven (7) feet may be used to accommodate the same volume of storage in a reduced floor space (potential reduction of forty-three percent (43%) of specific requirements). Where vertical or stacked storage is proposed, the site plan shall include drawings to illustrate the layout of the storage area and dimensions of containers.

C.    Storage shall be provided consistent with the following:

1.    Multiunit residential buildings containing five (5) to ten (10) units shall provide a minimum storage area of fifty (50) square feet. Buildings containing more than ten (10) residential units shall provide an additional five (5) square feet per unit for each unit above ten (10).

2.    Nonresidential buildings shall provide a minimum storage area of ten (10) square feet, plus:

a.    Office: four (4) square feet/one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area (GFA).

b.    Retail: ten (10) square feet/one thousand (1,000) square feet of GFA.

c.    Educational and institutional: four (4) square feet/one thousand (1,000) square feet of GFA.

d.    Other: four (4) square feet/one thousand (1,000) square feet of GFA.