(A) Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are hereby defined:
FRONT YARD. That part of a lot between an adjacent street right-of-way line and the principal building of the lot, and extending to each side lot line.
REAR YARD. That part of a lot between the rear lot line and the back of the principal building of the lot, extending to both side lot lines.
SIDE YARD. That part of the lot between the principal building and an interior side lot line, extending to the front and rear yards.
(B) Residential.
(1) In residentially zoned districts, all materials, machinery, vehicles and equipment shall be either stored within a building or be fully screened so as not to be visible from adjoining or adjacent land and the street, except for the following:
(a) Agricultural and landscaping equipment/materials in current use on the premises;
(b) Construction materials/equipment in current use on the premises;
(c) Except as expressly permitted vehicles undergoing restoration under § 97.14, or as otherwise permitted by the City's Building and Zoning Ordinance, automobiles, pickup trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, boats, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and other recreational equipment bearing current vehicle registration licenses in the driveway, except that no such vehicle shall be used for the storage of litter, scrap metal or recyclable objects;
(d) Firewood, neatly stacked, intended for use on the premises;
(e) Lawn furniture and play equipment;
(f) Dog kennels in the rear or side yard;
(g) Covered, rigid garbage containers in the rear yard, or side yard when fully screened.
(2) No motor vehicle shall be parked on the front, rear or side yard of residentially zoned property in such a manner as to create permanent ruts or damage to the grass or as to create erosion of top soil.
(3) No motor vehicle may be parked upon any portion of the boulevard adjacent to or adjoining residentially zoned property which constitutes municipal, county or state right-of-way.
(C) Commercial.
(1) In all commercial, industrial, business and transitional zoning districts, all materials, machinery, vehicles and equipment shall be stored within a building or be fully screened so as not to be visible from adjoining or adjacent lands and the street, except for the following:
(a) Landscaping materials/equipment in current use on the premises;
(b) Construction materials/equipment in current use on the premises;
(c) Motor vehicles bearing current registration licenses, provided the vehicles are necessary for the operation of the business;
(d) Licensed or unlicensed motor vehicles, agricultural or industrial equipment for sale, distribution, repair or rent by authorized dealers and businesses; this provision shall not include inoperable vehicles.
(e) Items or materials which, by their nature, require exterior storage and are offered for sale on the premises;
(f) Covered, rigid garbage containers in the rear yard, or side yard when fully screened.
(2) In such business, industrial, transitional and commercial districts, all open areas and parts of premises shall be maintained and kept in a reasonably clean and neat condition. This requirement shall include the removal of dead trees and brush; the removal of inoperable machines, appliances, fixtures and equipment so damaged, deteriorated or obsolete as to have no substantial value and which constitute junk; the removal of lumber piles and building materials not being used in actual construction on the premises unless such premises are being used by a business dealing in or requiring the use of such lumber and materials; and the removal of tin cans, broken glass, broken furniture, mattresses, box springs, crates, cardboard, tires, and other debris. Nothing in this section shall restrict the activities of duly established and permitted junk or salvage yards.
(3) Every foundation, exterior wall, roof, window, exterior door, basement hatchway and every other entranceway of every nondwelling structure shall be so maintained as to prevent the structure from becoming a harborage for rodents, vermin and insects, and shall be kept in a reasonably good state of maintenance. All walls and fences shall be plumb and true, free of holes, missing, loose, or rotting boards or posts and loose or peeling paint.
(Ord. 878, passed 6-14-99; Am. Ord. 1166, passed 11-23-20)