Auto Repair From a Residence
All automotive businesses, including , but not limited to repairing, alterations, detailing, sales (new or used) leasing, etc. are prohibited in residential areas.
Off Street Parking
In a residential district motor vehicles and special vehicles (any trailer designed to be towed on public streets or any self propelled vehicle exceeding 22 feet in length) are required to be parked or stored on an improved surface. Motor vehicles must be parked or stored only on concrete or asphalt surfaces. For special vehicles, paving stones, brick, gravel, or crushed rock surfaces may be used. Gravel and crushed rock is allowed in the side and rear yards. When a vehicle or special vehicle is observed by a Property Standards Specialist to be in violation of the city ordinance a notice sticker is placed upon the vehicle, trailer, boat/trailer, etc. allowing 24 hours to relocate to a proper parking surface.
Accessory Structures
3-204 Height and Yard Requirements
1. Where the accessory building is attached to a main building, it shall be subject to, and must conform to, all regulations applicable to the main building except as provided within this section.
2. Accessory buildings shall not be erected in any required front yard.
3. Carports and detached accessory buildings, except garages, shall not be located closer than three (3) feet to any side or rear lot line.
4. Detached accessory buildings enclosed on three or more sides shall not be located closer than ten (10) feet to the main building.
5. Garages entered from an alley shall be set back from the lot line adjacent to the alley a minimum of (20) feet.
6. Accessory buildings may not be placed in the required side yard setback if the side yard lot line abuts a street.
7. In no instance shall a accessory building be located within an easement or right-of-way.
8. Detached accessory buildings located in a required rear or side yard shall not exceed (10) feet in height. If the detached accessory building is located less than ten (10) feet from the rear or side lot line, a six (6) foot solid fence or wall shall be built on the rear or side lot line to screen the building. No screening shall be required at the point of entry for a carport.
3-203 Carports (ZC 91-29)
In single-family developments, a carport shall shelter not more than three vehicles and shall not exceed twenty-four feet on its longest dimension.
Illegal Zoning Use
The Zoning Ordinance Section 2-500 contains information regarding property uses and areas where they are allowed.
Open Storage
The definition of open storage is the keeping, outside a building , of any goods, material, merchandise, or equipment on a lot or tract and is prohibited in all residential and office areas.
(see section 3-900).
Home Occupations
3-110 Home Occupations
In all cases, home occupations shall meet the following conditions and requirements:
1. Only one employee other than occupants of the residence may be employed. A person who receives a wage, salary or percentage of profits directly related to the home occupation shall be considered an employee. This definition shall not include the coordination or supervision of employees who do not regularly visit the house for purposes related to the business.
2. No interior or exterior signage shall be used to advertise the occupation. Vehicles bearing business signs shall not be parked on the street or within 30 feet of the curb.
3. A home occupation shall be conducted wholly within the principal dwelling, and not in any accessory building. The total floor area to be used for a home occupation shall not exceed 20% of the total floor area of the principal dwelling, including garages. However, instructional classes may be held outside providing other stipulations of this ordinance are met. A maximum of six (6) students may be allowed in each session.
4. Merchandise shall not be offered or displayed for sale on the premises. Sales incidental to a service shall be allowed; and orders previously made by telephone or at a sales party may be filled on the premises.
5. No outdoor storage or materials, goods supplies, or equipment shall be allowed.
6. No building alterations shall be allowed that will alter the residential character of the home.
7. No repair or servicing of vehicles, internal combustion engines, large equipment or large appliances shall be allowed.
8. A home occupation shall produce no offensive noise, vibration, smoke, electrical interference, dirt, odors or heat in excess of those normally found in residential areas.
9. No toxic, explosive, flammable, combustible, corrosive, radioactive, or other hazardous material shall be used or stored on the site for business purposes.
10. No traffic shall be generated by a home occupation in greater volumes than normally expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking must be accomplished within the required off-street parking for the residence or along the street frontage for the lot.