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1. Can a cargo container be used for storage?

Accessory Uses
18A.36.030, Cargo Container Storage.
A. Schools and public safety facilities shall be permitted to utilize a cargo container or containers for the storage of emergency equipment necessary to meet federal requirements or regulations PCC 18J.15.040 H.5, when a Level F1 Fence, per or Level L2 landscape buffer, per PCC 18J.15.040 H.2, surrounds the cargo container(s), except when the cargo container is not visible off site or from any parking lot open to the public.
B. Industrial sites and animal and crop production use types may contain cargo containers used for the storage of materials associated with the use on the site. They may not be used for the storage of hazardous materials.
C. Religious Assembly uses and Community Service uses such as food banks shall be permitted to utilize a cargo container or containers for storage purposes when a Level F1 Fence, per PCC 18J.15.040 H.5, or Level L2 landscape buffer, per PCC 18J.15.040 H.2, surrounds the cargo container(s), except when the cargo container is not visible off site or from any parking lot open to the public, additional fencing and landscaping is not required.
D. Single-family residential uses located on lots greater than 2.5 acres in rural zone classifications shall be permitted to utilize a cargo container for storage purposes when a Level F1 Fence, per PCC 18J.15.040 H.5, or Level L2 landscape buffer, per PCC 18J.15.040 H.2, surrounds the cargo container(s), provided the cargo container shall not be visible from any County arterial road. A cargo container authorized pursuant to this subsection shall be painted and have any corporate identification, symbol or logos removed.

2. Can a cargo container be used as a temporary storage structure?

Temporary Uses
18A.38.050, Temporary Structures.
F. Temporary Storage in Cargo Containers. Cargo Containers may be placed in the following zones: Employment Center zones, to include Community Employment (CE), Employment Center (EC), and Employment Services (ES), and Urban Center zones, to
include Community Center (CC) and Mixed Use District (MUD), when the following standards are complied with:
1. Materials stored within cargo containers must be directly related to an approved commercial and/or industrial use on site;
2. No storage of hazardous materials may take place within cargo containers;
3. Cargo containers may not be rented for personal or commercial storage uses;
4. Cargo containers must be in compliance with bulk requirements of Development Regulations;
5. Cargo containers may not encumber required parking, aisle or landscaping, and may not block Emergency Vehicle Access or established vehicle routes;
6. No more than five cargo containers may be used for storage associated with industrial uses at a time;
7. No more than two cargo containers may be used for storage associated with commercial uses at one time; and
8. Cargo containers may not be on any site in excess of 180 days within any 12-month period.

3. Are there any landscape buffer requirements?

PCC 18J.15.040, Landscape Buffers.
2. Filtered Screen (Landscape Level 2 – L2). This landscaping is intended to provide a visual separator between different types of non-residential uses and intensities and different types of residential uses and densities. Examples of use: interior lot line buffering between residential and existing office, civic, or commercial uses, between office and industrial development, and between mobile home parks and multi-family housing.
a. The L2 standard shall consist of:
(1) trees, at a rate of 1 per 40 lineal feet of lot line, interspersed throughout the landscape strip in clusters or uniform rows; and
(2) shrubs, at a rate of 1 per 7 lineal feet of lot line, interspersed throughout the landscape strip in clusters or uniform rows.
b. Spacing. Trees at the ratio and spacing of trees may be up to 1 tree per 40 lineal feet if a registered landscape architect or certified nursery professional can provide documentation that a proposed tree would have a mature spread greater than 30 feet; and shrubs at no greater than 8 feet on center, with no greater than 15 feet on center between clusters.
c. Minimum Mature Heights. Trees: 20 feet; and Shrubs: 3 feet. Installation of vegetative ground cover is encouraged but not required within the planting area.
d. Screen Width. All required L2 vegetation shall be located adjacent to the lot line and shall have a minimum planting bed width of 8 feet, with no required vegetation located greater than 30 feet from the lot line.

4. Are there any sight/obscuring fence/wall requirements?

5. Sight-Obscuring Fence/Wall (Fence Level – F1). The F1 standard provides a tall and complete visual separation. This standard is applied in special circumstances where complete screening is necessary to protect abutting uses where landscape screens are impractical in that: there is inadequate space for a full landscape screen; noise protection afforded by walls and fences is greater than what is provided by a vegetative screen; or when a lower intensity use locates adjacent to an existing higher intensity use.
a. Fences and walls shall be 6 feet high and 100 percent sight obscuring.
b. Sight-obscuring fences and walls can be constructed of wood, metal, bricks, masonry, or other permanent material. A combination of fence and wall is permitted.
c. The fence/wall shall be installed along the lot line, except that space can be provided to accommodate proposed landscaping.
d. When using the F1 standard along road rights-of-way, the fence/wall shall comply with sight distance requirements of Title 17B.