§ 4-1007. LUMBER YARDS, PALLET YARDS AND WOODWORKING PLANTS.

Chapter 28, Lumber Yards and Woodworking Facilities Section 2801.1 is hereby amended by adding the following:

PALLETS AND PALLETIZED PACKING BOXES AND BIN BOXES

(a) A permit is required to store pallets, palletized packing boxes, bin boxes, and including plastic bin boxes in excess of thirty thousand (30,000) board feet or fifty thousand (50,000) cubic feet.

(b) Pallets, palletized packing boxes and bin boxes shall be piled with due regard to stability of piles and in no case higher than twelve (12) feet; where pallets are piled next to a property line, the distance from the property line shall not be less than one-half (&half) the pile and in no case less than five (5) feet.

Exception: Bin boxes may be stacked to a maximum height of twenty (20) feet.

(c) Driveways between and around pallets, bin boxes and palletized packing crates shall be at least fifteen (15) feet wide and maintained free from accumulation of rubbish, weeds and equipment or other articles or materials. Driveways shall be so spaced that a maximum grid system unit of fifty (50) feet by fifty (50) feet is produced.

(d) Pallets, palletized packing boxes and bin box storage, operating under a permit, shall be surrounded with a suitable fence of at least six (6) feet in height.

Exception: Storage is located inside the building.

(e) Approved water supply and fire hydrants capable of supplying the required fire flow shall be provided to within one hundred (150) feet of all portions of the storage area, in accordance with the applicable sections of the California Fire Code.

(Ord. No. 4490, § 1, 12-13-2016)