Amend Section 8 Definitions by adding:

Hazardous Materials: Those substances, materials, or agents in such quantity, state, and form as may constitute potential risk to the health and safety of the people and environment of the Town, and which may constitute a threat to property, including, without limitation, the following: explosives; radiative materials, etiologic agents, flammable materials, combustible materials, poisons, oxidizing or corrosive materials, and compressed gases. This shall also include any other materials listed as ‘hazardous' by the Materials Transportation Bureau of the United States Department of Transportation, in Title 49 of the Code of Federal regulations, as amended, or those materials regulated pursuant to Title 10, Chapter 47, of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, or any other applicable Federal or State regulations.

Self-Storage Facility: A building or group of buildings and associated external areas containing separate, individual, and private storage spaces available for lease or rent for the purpose of inactive storage only and which are not accessory structures to residential uses.

Amend Section 4.3.2(f) Highway Commercial by adding:
Self-Storage Facility (Site plan Review; General/Special Provisions; Certificate of Occupancy) as both an accessory and a principal permitted use for a Self Storage Facility of 10,000 square feet or less of gross floor area, and as a conditional use for a Self Storage Facility of more than 10,000 square feet of gross floor area.

Amend Section 4.3.2(g) Industrial by adding:
Self-Storage Facility (Site plan Review; General/Special Provisions; Certificate of Occupancy) as both an accessory and a principal permitted use

Amend Section 7 Special Provisions by adding:
Section 7.23 Self-Storage Facility
The following special provisions apply to self-storage facilities:

• Wholesale or resale sales are prohibited at self-storage facilities.

• Garage sales conducted by each lessee or renter are permitted. However, such activities by each lessee or renter shall not exceed three (3) consecutive days, nor more than twelve (12) total days in any calendar year. Sufficient off-street parking shall be provided to prevent on street parking.

• Auctions conducted by the facility manager are allowed, but only when a tenant is in default of his/her lease agreement.

• The storage of Hazardous Materials is prohibited.

• This use is exempt from the requirements of section 6.14 of the Weathersfield Zoning Bylaws.

• Residential provisions for on-site management are allowed as an accessory use subject to water/wastewater disposal accommodations.

• In addition to storage buildings, a Self-Storage Facility may also include outdoor storage areas the total size of which shall not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of the facility's storage buildings. Such storage areas shall be screened pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.8.5 of these Zoning Bylaws and shall meet the setback requirements for the zoning district in which the facility is located. Such areas are not to be considered "parking lots" or "parking areas".

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