(A) Residential, open space, and watershed overlay zones. Only vehicles intended for personal use (not part of a commercial operation) shall be parked or stored on any property zoned for residential use (includes residential uses in the O-S and W-O-Z categories, this provision is not inclusive of the Agricultural Residential Zone). No storage of commercial inventory whatsoever shall be permitted and no inoperative and/or unlicensed vehicles shall be permitted to be parked or stored longer than 14 days, unless said vehicles are being stored while undergoing repairs and are not part of a commercial operation prohibited in the residential zone. This section shall further not be applicable to restoration of antique vehicles. (NOTE: Four or more junk, inoperable, or unlicensed vehicles constitute a junk yard). Commercial trucks or vans customarily driven home by employees or owners shall not be affected by the regulations of this section, this shall include the cab portion (also called a "semi") of an 18 wheeled truck and trailer combination, customarily used to transport a large, multi-wheeled trailer (trailers of this type shall be stored in an appropriate commercial or industrial location). Storage of junk, inoperable or unlicensed vehicles shall comply with the Vance County Abandoned Vehicle Ordinance, Chapter 94 of this Code. This section shall apply to the following zoning categories as either a residential zone or where a residential use is permitted (not inclusive of the A-R zone): R-30, R-20, R-10, R-M-H-C, O-S, and W-O-Z.
(B) Commercial and industrial zones. Customer and employee parking is permitted along with the parking and storing of governmental or commercial vehicles, in any public, commercial, or industrial zone. Inoperative vehicles shall only be permitted to be parked or stored while undergoing repairs at a commercial garage or automobile service station or if stored in an approved junk or wrecking yard (NOTE: Four or more junk, inoperable, or unlicensed vehicles constitute a junkyard).
(Ord. 39, passed 10-3-2011)