(a) Allowable hours and location for vehicle repair
No person shall service, repair, assemble, disassemble, wreck, modify, restore, or otherwise work on any vehicle, motor vehicle, camper, camp trailer, trailer, trailer coach, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, house car, boat, or similar conveyance except when conducted within a garage or accessory building, or during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. when conducted in an area screened from view from the street and adjoining lots by a legally located fence, wall, or equivalent screening. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section shall not be construed to prohibit occasional minor maintenance such as changing spark plugs, oil, belts and hoses.
(b) Vehicle storage
No person shall store, place or park any of the conveyances designated in subsection (a), or any part thereof, which is disabled, unlicensed, unregistered, inoperative, or from which an essential or legally required operating part is removed, including an unmounted camper, camp trailer, trailer, trailer coach and similar nonmotorized conveyance, or any other structure or device exceeding sixteen cubic feet in volume to be carried upon or in any such conveyance, or any equipment, machinery, or similar material unless conducted within a garage or accessory building, or in an area screened from view from the street and adjoining lots by a legally located fence, wall, or equivalent screening.
(c) Maximum Continuous Hours of Vehicle Repair
No person shall service, repair, assemble, disassemble, wreck, modify, restore, or otherwise work on, or store, place, and park any of the conveyances designated in this section (excluding [1] passenger vehicles other than house cars, and [2] "pickup" motor trucks on which no equipment other than a camper is mounted), whether disabled or fully operative, for an aggregate period of over seventy-two hours during any continuous period of ninety-six hours in any open areas on a lot only in locations where an accessory building or principal building of equivalent height or bulk would be permitted by the provisions of this title.
(d) Refer to California Vehicle Code for Conveyance Definitions
For the purpose of this section, references to types of conveyances shall have the same meanings as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, where such definitions are available.
(e) Chapter 18.70 shall not be Applicable to this Section.
(f) Limitations for Sleeping in Recreation Vehicles
Subject to securing a permit therefore from the building official and otherwise complying with applicable law, the use of a recreational vehicle, as defined in this title, may be permitted for sleeping purposes only for a period not to exceed thirty consecutive days in any calendar year for not more than two nonpaying guests of the occupant of a single-family dwelling in accord with all applicable regulations governing parking and storage of vehicles.
(g) Vehicle Visibility from Public Streets
Except in the OS (open space) and AC (agricultural conservation) districts, no person shall store, place, or park any of the conveyances designated in this section, whether disabled or fully operative, in any areas visible from a public street unless it is parked or stored upon either permeable or impermeable paving surface.
(h) Parked Vehicles shall not Obstruct Traffic Views at Intersections
No person shall store, place, or park any of the conveyances designated in this section within the thirty-five foot triangle of property at the intersection of streets improved for vehicular traffic.
(i) Parked Vehicles Maximum Coverage of Front Yard
No person shall store, place, or park any of the conveyances designated in this section in a manner that they cover more than 40 percent of any required front yard.
(j) Each Day of Violation a Separate Offense
Violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in this code. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense and may be separately punished.
(Ord. 4934 § 4 (part), 2007)