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Industrial Use Category

and maintenance and repair services that are not B. Junk or salvage yard uses are subject to the following
otherwise classified.. supplemental use regulations:
3.6.3 StOrAGe, DiStriBUtiON AND 1. All driveways, parking lots and areas used for
WHOleSAliNG temporary storage of vehicles must be surfaced
Uses involved in the storage or movement of goods for with an asphaltic or Portland cement binder
themselves or other firms or the sale, lease, or rental of pavement or such other surfaces approved by
goods primarily intended for industrial, institutional, or the city engineer so as to provide a durable and
commercial businesses. dustless surface, and must be graded to properly
drain all surface water accumulation within the
A. equipment and Materials Storage, Outdoor. area.
Uses related to outdoor storage of equipment,
products or materials, whether or not stored in 2. All areas outside a completely enclosed building
containers. used for the storage of inoperable or unsafe
vehicles, junk or salvage materials must be
B. trucking and transportation terminals. Uses enclosed on all sides by a solid opaque fence
engaged in the sales, rental, dispatching or long- and gates at least 8 feet in height and of uniform
term or short-term storage of large trucks, buses, design and color, so as to effectively screen such
construction equipment agricultural equipment areas from public view. If such area abuts an
and similar large vehicles, including parcel service area upon the adjoining property that is also
delivery vehicles, taxis and limousines. Also includes used for the storage of inoperable or unsafe
uses engaged in the moving of household or office vehicles, junk or salvage materials, no fence or
furniture, appliances and equipment from one setback is required along the common property
location to another, including the temporary on-site line while such adjoining use continues. All
storage of those items. fences shall be maintained in good repair.
c. Warehouse. Uses conducted within a completely 3. Junk and salvage materials may not be stacked
enclosed building that are engaged in long-term higher than the perimeter fence within 75 feet of
and short-term storage of goods and that do not the fence and may not be stacked higher than 25
meet the definition of “self-service storage” use or a feet anywhere on the site.
“trucking and transportation terminal.” 4. The dismantling or repair of vehicles shall occur
D. Wholesale Sales and Distribution. Uses engaged only upon a impermeable surface with adequate
in the wholesale sales, bulk storage and distribution provision for the collection and disposal of fluids
of goods. Such uses may also include incidental and wastes.
retail sales and wholesale showrooms. Expressly
includes the following uses: bottled gas and fuel 5. Any junk or salvage yard shall provide a paved
oil sales, flea markets, ice distribution centers, area for the receipt and temporary storage of
monument sales, portable storage building sales, material, which is screened from the adjoining
vending machine sales, auctioneers, and frozen food public right-of-way.
lockers. 6. The best practical control technology shall
be employed to minimize any obnoxious or
3.6.4 JUNK Or SAlVAGe YArD offensive odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, or
A. A building or open area where waste, scrap, used or similar nuisance generated by the proposed use,
second-hand materials are bought, sold, exchanged, and the best practical means known shall be
stored, baled, packed, disassembled, crushed, employed for the disposal of refuse matter.
processed, or handled for reclamation, disposal or
other similar purposes, including but not limited to 3.6.5 MiNiNG Or MiNerAl PrOceSSiNG
scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber The mining or extraction of mineral or aggregate
tires and bottles encompassing either: resources from the ground for off-site use. Examples
include quarrying or dredging for sand, gravel or other
1. An area of 200 square feet or more; or aggregate materials; mining; and oil or gas.
2. Two or more inoperable motor vehicles, or
used parts and materials thereof, which taken
together equal the bulk of two or more motor
vehicles.

CITY OF DES MOINES CHAPTER 134: ZONING DRAFT 134-3-15