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In a UFO Zone, the existing standards shall apply to utility uses permitted outright as listed in § 157.231 of this chapter, as well as the following.

(A) Small utility structures no greater than 36 square feet in area and no higher than two feet above ground level are exempt from these setbacks. Electric utility transmission lines and structures are exempt from setbacks but are subject to all requirements of the right-of-way and/or easements or city franchises for such facilities.

(B) Outdoor storage abutting or facing a residential use or zone and within 200 feet therefrom shall be screened with a sight-obscuring fence or landscaping or combination thereof.

(C) Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the standards set forth in §§ 157.305 through 157.311 of this chapter.

(D) Utility signs needed for safety purposes or to meet other utility operating requirements not exceeding 16 square feet in area.

(E) Utility facilities shall utilize equipment, baffling structures, site excavation and earthen berms or landscaped screening as necessary to limit objectionable noise impacts to any adjacent residential use or zone.

(F) State and county sanitary requirements shall be met for sewage disposal from any building having human occupancy as a place of employment.

(G) If applicable, the standards and requirements of §§ 157.261 and 157.269 of this chapter shall be met.

(H) If applicable, the standards and requirements of §§ 157.155 through 157.159 of this chapter shall be met.

(I) Any freshwater wetland identified by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife and adopted by the city or county as critical wildlife habitat shall be protected according to site specific recommendations provided by ODFW.

(J) Requirements of the City or County Public Works Departments shall be met for any utility structure placed in a road or street right-of-way by a utility not having a franchise for such location. For those utilities having a city or county franchise, requirements of the franchise for such location shall be met. (Ord. 80-2, passed 06/14/2010)