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One boat and one travel trailer may be stored behind the required front yard setback line if they have current license plates. In the case of a corner lot, the vehicle or vehicles shall also be located behind required side yard setback lines. Automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind or type without current license plates shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property, other than in completely enclosed buildings. Parking an automotive vehicle in the setback, on an approved, paved driveway, in the part of the driveway that does not include the tree lawn and the sidewalk is permitted. Parking on the lawn or landscaped area is prohibited. The Service/Safety Director or his or her designee may have the vehicle towed after first personally notifying or mailing the vehicle owner a notice of towing.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02; Am. Ord. 47-09, passed 8-10-09) Penalty, see § 155.2617
Fences, plant material, and similar screening devices that are between the principal building and a street and parallel to or nearly parallel to the front lot line and front wall of the principal building, are permitted, provided that the height of such devices does not exceed 48 inches, from the ground to the highest point of the fence, unless the fence is used for a public or private pool, as defined in §§ 155.1903 and 155.1904. For fences that are no closer to the front lot line than the principal structure and parallel to or nearly parallel to a side lot line, man-made fences or screening devices shall not exceed six feet in height. For fences that are behind a principal structure and parallel to or nearly parallel to a rear lot line, man-made fences or screening devices shall not exceed six feet in height on the side or rear of lot.
(B) Maintenance. All fences shall be properly maintained by the owners of the property on which they are located. Such maintenance shall include painting, cleaning, and structural soundness in the case of a fence, wall, or other man-made object; and trimming, pruning, cutting, and other landscaping in the case of a hedge or other planting so that there is no aesthetic detriment to the surrounding area.
(D) Permits. All fences, regardless of type or height, require an approved fence permit.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 155.2617
Open structures such as fireplace chases, porches, canopies, balconies, platforms, carports, covered patios, and similar architectural projections shall be considered parts of the building to which they are attached and shall not project into the required minimum front, side, or rear yards.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 155.2617
The height limitations contained in this Zoning Code do not apply to spires, belfries, cupolas, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, chimneys, or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended for human occupancy, except where the height of such structures will constitute a hazard to the safe landing and take-off of aircraft at an established airport.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02)
Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be protected by adequate fire-fighting and fire-prevention equipment and by such safety devices as are normally used in the handling of any such material. Such hazards shall be kept removed from adjacent activities to a distance which is compatible with the potential danger involved.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 155.2617
No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment at any point other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 155.2617
No pollution of air by fly-ash, dust, vapors, odors, smoke, or other substances shall be permitted which are harmful to health, animals, vegetation, or other property, or which can cause excessive soiling.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 155.2617
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