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(4) Land use buffers shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of <br />Section 6.8.22 <br />5.6.4 Junkyards <br />(A) Standards for Class A Special Use Permit <br />(1) Submittal Requirements – <br />In addition to the information required by Section 2.7, the following information <br />shall be supplied as part of the application for approval of this use: <br />(a) Detailed plans and specifications for the site screening proposed. <br />(b) Description of type and number of motorized machines to be employed <br />upon site. <br />(c) Indicate on the site plan the extent of area to be used for the storage of <br />junked or wrecked motor vehicles <br />(2) Standards for Evaluation - <br />(a) The site shall be screened from adjacent property by a minimum of an <br />eight foot high solid fence or equal, uninterrupted except for required <br />vehicle access points. <br />(b) No materials shall be stored closer than 50 feet to the public right of way <br />or 30 feet to the property lines. <br />(c) Site is of adequate size to protect adjacent properties from adverse <br />effects of the junkyard. <br />5.6.5 Kennels (Class II) <br />(A) Standards for Class B Special Use Permit <br />(1) Submittal Requirements – <br />In addition to the information required by Section 2.7, the following information <br />shall be supplied as part of the application for approval of this use: <br />(a) Plans for all kennels, exercise yards, dog runs, pens and related <br />improvements, including signage. <br />(b) Site plan showing the improvements listed in a) above, other structures <br />on the same lot, and structures on adjacent property. <br />(2) Standards of Evaluation – <br />(a) The site is of adequate size to protect adjacent properties from adverse <br />effects of the kennel. <br />(b) No part of any building, structure, dog run, pen, or exercise yard in which <br />animals are housed or exercised shall be closer than 150 feet from a <br />property line, except property occupied by the owner/operator of the <br />kennel. These minimum distances shall not apply if all portions of the <br />facility, in which animals are housed, are wholly enclosed within a <br />building. <br />22 Staff is recommending this be removed as it is redundant with requirements of the UDO – all uses must meet the <br />buffer requirements. Calling this out as a separate item for this particular use can cause confusion as to <br />applicability to other uses; this is a remnant of duplicity staff attempted to catch when incorporating the previous <br />zoning ordinance into the UDO but this instance was missed at the time. <br />64