(A) This section prohibits certain materials from being stored or placed in a disorderly manner onto a porch, a patio, a balcony, deck, yard, any other exterior area, including a trailer parked in or about the property unless specifically zoned or properly permitted for such accumulation in the city.
(B) No property owner shall allow materials defined herein by the city as CLUTTER to be stored or accumulated on their property other than in a fully enclosed structure with a closeable door, said structure shall be a building with a primary use as a storage structure. The city defines CLUTTER as any and all of the following: an accumulation of new or salvaged lumber, new or salvaged shingles, salvaged electrical wire, salvaged conduit, salvaged fence wire, any type of salvaged metal or aluminum, chunks of broken concrete, piles or stacks of new or salvaged masonry products such as blocks or bricks, salvaged plastic products, buckets, barrels, milk crates, cleaning and other building supplies, vinyl siding, gutters, inoperable antennas and satellite dishes, wooden or plastic pallets, working or non- working tools, equipment, machinery, auto parts, tires, wheels, furniture, appliances such as stoves, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, televisions, sinks, bathtubs, toilets, piles or bags of aluminum cans, glass or plastic bottles, garbage, rubbish, refuse, junk lawnmowers, broken toys, broken bicycles, inoperable lawn mowers, motorcycles, vehicles or all-terrain vehicles, toys and bicycles scattered around the property, or the like, to be stored or amassed in a disorderly, unsightly manner.
(C) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the storage or placement upon any property of the following materials.
(1) Firewood intended for consumption in a wood burning stove, furnace or indoor fireplace or outdoor patio fireplace located within or without a building located upon the subject premises, provided that all such firewood shall, at all times, be stacked and stored in an appropriate place, but in no event upon the front porch of any house or other residential structure.
(2) Lawn, yard or garden tools, equipment or implements.
(3) Lawn or patio furniture that is specifically designed for said use.
(4) Standing fences in good repair.
(5) Hoses or sprinklers used for watering lawns or gardens.
(6) Materials used in connection with commercial activities conducted upon the premises where such storage, placement and accumulation of materials have been expressly authorized by the city.
(7) Construction materials and equipment used for the construction, renovation or razing of a building located upon the premises for which a current building or razing permit has been issued.
(D) Inspection and enforcement shall be done by a duly appointed Code Enforcement Officer for the city. Penalties shall constitute a violation of the Property Maintenance Code and follow the fine schedule contained in the City of Fulton Code of Ordinances as a Property Maintenance Code violation. Appeal of such violation shall be heard and enforced by the Code Enforcement Board.
(Ord. 2015-10, passed 11-9-2015)