Chapter 8.20
STORAGE IN YARDS
Sections:
8.20.020 Front and side yard storage.
8.20.030 Temporary exemptions.
8.20.040 Additional requirements for motor vehicle storage in front and side yards.
8.20.050 Side yard fence exception.
8.20.060 Storage on vacant lots.
8.20.070 Further limitations on motor vehicle storage.
8.20.080 Garages and carports.
8.20.090 Storage of garbage receptacles.
8.20.005 Infraction.
A violation of this chapter shall be an infraction. (Ord. 815 § 2 (part), 1990).
8.20.010 Storage defined.
"Storage" as used in this chapter means the physical presence of the prescribed property or any portion thereof within the prohibited area as such area is defined in the zoning ordinance (Title 16). (Prior code § 22A.1).
8.20.020 Front and side yard storage.
The following property may not be stored in the required front or side yard for a period or periods of time totaling more than five days:
(1) Motor vehicles except for the following:
(a) Automobiles.
(b) Trucks not exceeding one and one-half tons unladen weight, and
(c) Trucks reasonably required for construction on the premises pursuant to a valid and existing building permit issued by the city, or for repair or maintenance work concurrently being performed on the premises;
(2) Trailers, campers, boats, motorhomes, airplanes, or parts thereof;
(3) Any motor vehicle which is not currently registered and fully operational;
(4) Any part of a motor vehicle;
(5) Building materials not reasonably required for construction work on the premises pursuant to a valid and existing building permit issued by the city or for repair or maintenance work concurrently being performed on the premises.
Storage for more than five days, as used in this section, means the physical presence of the prescribed property within the front or side yard as such area is defined in the zoning ordinances for one hour or more on more than five days. The one-hour period for each particular day may be continuous or an accumulation of separate time periods during that day. (Ord. 769 § 1, 1988: Ord. 740 § 1, 1986: Prior code § 22A.2).
8.20.030 Temporary exemptions.
A temporary exemption may be obtained from the requirements of Section 8.20.020 under a permit issued by the director of code enforcement. A permit of this nature shall be issued only in a special situation. (Ord. 740 § 2, 1986: Prior code § 22A.3).
8.20.040 Additional requirements for motor vehicle storage in front and side yards.
No motor vehicle, whether or not operational, shall be parked or stored on a required front or side yard except on a permanent driveway or parking place paved or surfaced with an all-weather, weed-free, and fire-resistant surface. (Ord. 740 § 3, 1986: Prior code § 22A.4).
8.20.050 Side yard fence exception.
The prohibitions of Sections 8.20.020 and 8.20.040 shall not apply to a required side yard when a fence has been legally constructed in accordance with all city regulations and is of a sufficient height and of such construction as to screen off the stored property from any public view and prevent a nuisance attractive or dangerous to children. (Ord. 740 § 4, 1986: Prior code § 22A.5).
8.20.060 Storage on vacant lots.
Except as hereinafter provided, the following property may not be stored in any part of a vacant lot:
(1) Motor vehicles, trailers, campers, boats, motorhomes, airplanes, or parts thereof; and
(2) Building materials not reasonably required for construction work on the premises pursuant to a valid and existing building permit issued by the city or for repair or maintenance work concurrently being performed on the premises. A temporary permit may be issued by the director of code enforcement authorizing storage of currently registered and operational motor vehicles on a permanent driveway or parking place paved or surfaced with an all-weather, weed-free, and fire-resistant surface. (Ord. 788 § 1, 1988: Ord. 740 § 5, 1986: Ord. 536 § 1, 1973).
8.20.070 Further limitations on motor vehicle storage.
No more than one motor vehicle shall be stored on a single-family residential lot except on a permanent driveway that is paved or surfaced with an all-weather, weed-free, and fire-resistant surface, and that affords vehicular access between a public or private street and a garage or carport. If a driveway exceeds twenty feet in width, the exception provided in this section for motor vehicles stored on a driveway shall be limited to storage on a portion of the driveway not exceeding twenty feet in width. Such exception shall also be limited to motor vehicles not within twenty feet of a motor vehicle stored on a separate driveway on the same lot. The storage of currently registered and fully operational automobiles in the required front yard on parking places paved or surfaced in accordance with Section 8.20.040 at the time of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this section, shall be exempt from the operation of this section until January 1, 1990. (Ord. 788 § 2, 1988; Ord. 740 § 6, 1986).
8.20.080 Garages and carports.
The prohibition of this chapter shall not apply to any property stored within a garage or carport. (Ord. 740 § 7, 1986).
8.20.090 Storage of garbage receptacles.
Garbage and recycling receptacles and containers of any kind used or of the type used to receive and hold garbage, rubbish, or recyclables for weekly or other regularly scheduled removal and disposal shall not be stored within the required front or side yard setbacks on a developed or undeveloped lot in a single family residential district in the view of persons using a public right-of-way except from noon of the day preceding the day of collection until noon of day following the day of collection. The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to the view of persons from an alley. For purposes of this section, an "alley" is a right-of-way, or cross-sectional portion thereof, which is less than twenty-five (25) feet in width, and which abuts on rear or side yards, but not on front yards, of single family residential property. (Ord. 827 § 1, 1991).