(A) General regulations.
(1) No accessory vehicles shall be parked or stored within any required front yard setback or closer than two feet to a side or rear lot line on property used for residential purposes, except as specifically provided in divisions (B) and (C) below.
(2) Accessory vehicles that are parked or stored in an enclosed structure are exempt from the provisions of this section.
(3) No more than two accessory vehicles may be parked or stored on premises used for residential purposes. An accessory vehicle or vehicles on a trailer shall be considered one vehicle. Two snowmobiles shall be excluded in determining the number of vehicles.
(4) All accessory vehicles parked or stored on premises used for residential purposes shall be kept in good repair and in good working condition with current license plate or registration sticker affixed.
(5) No portion of any parked or stored accessory vehicle shall extend or protrude beyond the front property line.
(6) Accessory vehicles shall not be used for continuing human occupancy, except in a mobile home court or a campground.
(B) Class I accessory vehicles.
(1) One Class I accessory vehicle may be parked or stored in a front yard setback.
(2) No snowmobiles shall be parked or stored in a front yard setback during the period from April 15 to October 15.
(3) No watercraft or golf cart shall be stored in a front yard setback during the period from November 15 to March 15.
(C) Class II accessory vehicles.
(1) One Class II accessory vehicle may be parked in a front yard setback area not more than two days in a seven-day period; and, additionally, may be parked in a front yard setback area for up to seven consecutive days not more than three times during a calendar year.
(2) Class II accessory vehicles may not be parked or stored in a front yard setback area during the period from January 1 to March 15 in any year.
(3) If parked in a front yard setback, a Class II accessory vehicle must be parked on a paved or graveled driveway, or its extension, while maintaining a minimum side yard setback of two feet.
(4) A Class II accessory vehicle parked or stored in a front yard setback shall be perpendicular to the front property line.
(5) A Class II accessory vehicle parked or stored on property used for residential purposes must be the property of the owner or tenant of the premises, except that one additional accessory vehicle not the property of the owner or tenant of the premises may be stored in the rear yard and one non-owned Class II accessory vehicle may be parked pursuant to the provisions of division (C)(1) above, so long as no consideration is paid or received for the storage. The maximum number of accessory vehicles which may be parked or stored on premises used for residential purposes is two with the addition of one temporary Class II accessory vehicle parked pursuant to division (C)(1) above.
(D) Class II accessory vehicles; exceptions. A property owner or tenant may apply to the Zoning Officer for permission to park or store a Class II accessory vehicle in a front yard setback for additional periods, and the Zoning Officer may grant such permission under the following conditions:
(1) The Zoning Officer determines that the rear yard cannot be reasonably accessed from a street or alley or used due to the location of the principal structure, accessory structures, trees or setback limitations constructed, existing or adopted prior to the effective date of this section;
(2) The requested storage will not unreasonably interfere with the use and enjoyment of the other residential properties in the area;
(3) There must be maintained on the property at least one off-street parking space, as required under § 155.022, in addition to the area where the accessory vehicle is parked;
(4) The Zoning Officer may waive the requirement that a Class II accessory vehicle be parked perpendicular to the front property line on corner lots; and
(5) (a) The Zoning Officer may not waive the prohibition of division (C)(2) above.
(b) Any person denied permission by the Zoning Officer to park or store an accessory vehicle in the front yard setback area and any person who objects to the grant of permission to park or store an accessory vehicle in the front yard setback area may file an administrative appeal of the Zoning Officer’s decision to the Board of Adjustment. A person who objects to the grant of permission to park or store an accessory vehicle in the front yard setback area may file an administrative appeal at any time. The 15-day requirement set forth in §§ 155.295 through 155.302 shall not apply to such an appeal.
(Prior Code, § 9-11-7) (Ord. passed 10-11-1990; Ord. 581, passed 2-17-2003; Ord. 589, passed 9-2-2003; Ord. 839, passed 12-3-2018) Penalty, see § 155.999