551.04 STORAGE PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION; NOTICE.
(a) No person in charge or control of any premises, whether as owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or otherwise shall allow any junk or junk motor vehicle to remain upon such premises longer than ten days after receipt of written notice to remove the junk or junk motor vehicles from the premises, unless they are housed in a garage or other suitable structure.
(b) Except in a completely enclosed building or other structure and not visible from ground level of a public right of way or roadway, or a residential neighbor’s property, no person shall store, park, leave, deposit, maintain, permit, allow, or suffer to remain in a residential district within the City of Dover any of the following:
(1) Any lumber or other construction materials including but not limited to iron, galvanized, or plastic pipe or conduit, structural steel or other metals, roofing materials, or masonry material such as brick or cement block except for materials related to an ongoing project for which a current building permit has been issued, and which is posted on the project location. Firewood for private use or consumption on the premises where so stored or maintained shall not be considered building material for the purposes of the within subsection.
(2) Any machinery, equipment, household appliances or any parts thereof, tires, refuse, other junk or salvage items.
(3) Any items left over from any business enterprise within or outside the City of Dover, that results in the storage of any business related refuse, or left over, or items removed from other locations, including, but not limited to, stumps, trees, cut up wood, whether designated or called firewood, or not, or any items that were removed as part of a tree trimming or removal business, including but not limited to, sawdust, chipped wood, tree limbs, tree stumps, cut up wood, or any of the residual items remaining and/or removed from another premise or premises. Notwithstanding this provision, a residence may have stored on its property, firewood for personal fireplace or heating use, but only if stored neatly and not for more than one year’s use. It is illegal and a violation of this section, if the items are stored or kept at any residential premises within the City, if the items are not stored in an appropriately zoned and permissible residential structure and cannot be seen or observed from a public street or any other residential premises. Each day of a violation shall be a separate violation.
(4) The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to the deposit, storage, maintenance or collection of junk or junk motor vehicles, if safely and not stored so that a health or safety hazard is created, or stored in violation of any state or federal homeland security or hazardous waste statutes, in an enclosed building or in a container in a regularly established junk yard.
(c) Penalty. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense and fourth degree misdemeanor on each subsequent offense. (Section 551.99 for penalties for misdemeanors). (Ord. 17-16. Passed 4-18-16.)