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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-02 ORDINANCE NO. 2004-02 REVISING PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4-4 OF THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE OUTDOOR PARKING AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS The Danville Town Council does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. REVISING PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4-4 OF THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE. The following provisions of Section 4-4 of the Danville Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 4-4 OUTDOOR PARKING AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS 4-4.1 General. This section regulates the parking and storage of vehicles, equipment and materials on private property zoned for residential use within the Town of Danville. 4-4.3 Definitions. As used in this section: Equipment shall mean and include appliances, tools, machinery, debris boxes, shipping or storage containers, camper s~ells not placed on a vehicle, or any other similar items; and Material shall mean and include scrap metal or material, building materials and supplies, organic or inorganic debris, household furniture or " appliances, recyclable materials or junk; and Screening shall mean fences, walls or other permanent structures, hedges, trees or other landscaping. Screening may not consist of tarps, tents or other similar temporary, portable materials; and Vehicle shall mean and include cars, vans, trucks, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, motor homes, trailers, boats, aircraft, or motorcycles. 4-4.4 General Regulations. a. Screening required. All equipment, materials or vehicles stored on private property zoned for residential use shall be substantially screened from adjacent property and from public view, unless an exception listed under paragraph b. below applies. Screening requirements for non-residential properties shall be as specified in the Town's zoning ordinance and/or any applicable land use permit, development plan or similar land use approval. b. Exceptions. The following are exceptions to the general screening requirement established in paragraph a. above. 1. A passenger vehicle, pick up truck or van with a length of twenty feet or less and a gross vehicle weight rating of 11,500 pounds or less parked in a carport, paved driveway area or other approved offstreet parking area of a residential property. 2. Equipment or materials placed for loading or unloading for a period not to exceed eight (8) hours. 3. Construction materials, equipment or vehicles parked or stored at a work site while construction is occurring pursuant to a valid building permit. 4. A vehicle, equipment or material stored or parked pursuant to a valid land use permit or otherwise consistent with the Town's zoning ordinance. 5. A recreational vehicle or motor home registered to the resident parked in a carport, paved driveway or other approved offstreet parking area of a residential property for a period not to exceed 48 consecutive hours for the purpose of loading or unloading before or after a trip. 6. A recreational vehicle or motor home registered to a guest of a resident parked in a carport, paved driveway or other approved offstreet parking area ofa residential property for a period not to exceed seven days, with at least seven consecutive calendar days between uses of this exception. SECTION 2. CODIFICATION. Section 1 of this ordinance shall be codified in the Danville Municipal Code. t) SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Clerk shall have a summary of this ordinance published twice in a newspaper of general circulation, once within five (5) days before its adoption and once within 15 (fifteen) days after adoption. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after adoption. SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The Danville Town Council hereby declares that they would have adopted the ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases was declared invalid. PAGE 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2004-02 The foregoing ordinance was introduced on March 16,2004 and approved and adopted by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting held on April 6, 2004, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Arnerich, Doyle, Andersen, Shimansky, Stepper None None None // /i.// APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~ CITY CLERK 74&M -/1 ~ CITY ATTORNEY (J CLERK'S CERTIFICATE I, Marie Sunseri, City Clerk of the Town of Danville, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 2004-02 of said Town and that said ordinance was published according to law. Dated: City Clerk of the Town of Danville PAGE 3 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2004-02