(A) No front or other yard shall be used for the storage or parking of automobiles or any other material or equipment; provided that in residential areas not more than 3 automobiles with a current license and in operating condition may be parked on an approved service driveway, extending from the street directly to a side yard or a garage. No machinery, equipment, vehicles, lumber piles, crates, boxes, building blocks, or other materials either discarded, unsightly, or showing evidence of a need for repairs, with or without a current license, shall be stored, parked, abandoned, or junked in any open area and should such a use of land occur, it shall be declared to be a nuisance. If the nuisance is not abated within 10 days after the owner of the land is notified by the Code Enforcement Officer, then the city may perform the necessary work to eliminate the nuisance at the expense of the property owner; and in the event the property owner fails to reimburse the city within 30 days after receiving notice of the amount due from the City Treasurer, then the amount shall become a lien upon the property.
(B) Firewood kept for personal use (defined as 5 or fewer face cords of wood) may be kept in any back yard or side yard outside of all required set backs if that firewood is stacked no higher than 4 feet, in columns not exceeding 8 feet in length and 18 inches in width.