(a) Single- and two-family dwellings.
(1) Lots shall have only one principal structure.
(b) Parking in Residential Districts. No off-street parking area, maneuvering area for parking spaces, or loading area shall be located within any required front yard. This restriction shall not apply to driveways providing access from the street to the parking area. Drives and maneuvering areas reasonably necessary to serve the use are permitted.
(1) Parking spaces accessory to uses other than single or two-family residences shall be located in side or rear yards not less than ten feet from any lot line.
(2) No vehicle shall be parked on any unpaved area.
(3) Trailers and recreational vehicles are prohibited unless:
A. The trailer or recreational vehicle is stored or parked by a resident on a lot owned or leased by him for a period not to exceed any part of two calendar days within a single calendar week; or
B. If the trailer or recreational vehicle is stored or parked for a period exceeding two calendar days within a single calendar week, it shall be stored within a wholly enclosed building.
(4) When not stored within an enclosed building, trailers and recreational vehicles shall be parked in designated parking areas located in a side or rear yard not less than 50 feet from public rights-of-way and ten feet from any lot line.
(c) House garage and yard sales. Garage and yard sales are permitted within the R Residential Districts pursuant to Chapter 820, Garage Sales.
(d) Enclosed buildings and permanent outdoor storage and activities.
(1) In the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Residential Districts, all storage in conjunction with nonresidential uses shall be contained wholly within enclosed buildings unless a conditional use permit for outdoor storage is obtained pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 1280, Appeals, Variances and Conditional Use Permits.
(e) Landscaping and buffer yards.
(1) All portions of a lot that are not improved shall be landscaped or maintained in an orderly, natural state.
(2) All other requirements of Chapter 1266, Landscaping, pertaining to screening and buffering must also be met.
(3) All requirements contained in subsections (1) and (2) hereof must be fully complied with before a certificate of occupancy is issued by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(f) Mechanical equipment. All ground level and roof top mechanical equipment for all nonresidential and multi-family uses must be fully screened from view from all public rights-of-way by a parapet wall or other screening structure constructed of the same materials as the principal building façade, or adequate landscaping to the height of such equipment.
(g) Refuse control. Refuse containers for all nonresidential and multi-family uses must be covered and shall be stored within completely enclosed buildings or placed in corrals providing screening from public streets and adjoining lots.
(Ord. 2012-20, passed 4-17-2012)