8.10.250 Motor vehicles.
A. A person in charge of a premises must not permit, allow or cause to exist any discarded motor vehicle (including motor vehicle parts such as bodies, engines, transmissions and rear ends) on the premises, except that a person may store a discarded motor vehicle:
1. Within a building that is wholly or entirely enclosed except for doors used for ingress or egress.
2. In a yard of a residential property if the discarded motor vehicle:
a. Is screened by a sight-obscuring fence so that it is not visible from adjoining properties, streets and public rights-of-way; and/or
b. Is covered by an approved car cover, that is maintained free of deterioration, tearing, dirt and dust accumulation; and
c. Is maintained in a manner that does not attract vermin, produce an offensive odor, or otherwise become a danger to public health or safety.
3. In connection with an authorized and permitted business dealing in junked vehicles.
B. For the purpose of this section, “discarded motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle that:
1. Has been inoperative for a period of more than 30 days;
2. Is wrecked;
3. Is dismantled, in whole or part;
4. Is junked or abandoned; or
5. Has a vehicle registration sticker expired for more than two months.
C. A person in charge of a premises in a residential zone must not permit, allow or cause to exist motor vehicles, RVs, boats or trailers to be parked or placed in front yards or exterior side yards of the premises, unless the area used for parking or storage consists of non-erodible surfaces such as asphalt, concrete or pavers, or gravel with a minimum depth of four inches that consists of traffic-bound or dense-grade gravel.
D. A person in charge of a premises in a residential zone must not permit, allow or cause to exist parking or storage areas consisting of non-erodible surfaces in front or exterior side yards of the premises to use more than 40 percent of the yard area. For the purposes of this section, “yard area” is measured as the space between the front and side building lines to the property line of the premises.
E. A person in charge of a premises in a residential zone must not permit, allow or cause to exist parking or storage areas that are less than 20 feet in depth from the property line of the premises when the parking or storage area is perpendicular to the property line.
F. In addition to any corrective action ordered by the city, a person found to have violated the provisions of this section may be assessed a civil penalty. The amount of the civil penalty assessed for each day of continuing violation will not exceed the amount established for a Class 5 code violation. (Ord. 5093 §1 (Exh. A (part)), 2020; Ord. 5079 §1 (Exh. 1 (part)), 2019).