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<br /> � Sec. 78-1577. - Exterior storage in R districts.
<br /> In all R districts, it is the responsibility of the owner of any property, improved or unimproved, to maintain the
<br /> outdoor areas; including courtyards and the like, of the property and adjacent rights-of-way in a manner that complies
<br /> with the following requirements.All recreational vehicles, mobile homes, camping trailers, motor homes, pickup
<br /> coaches, travel trailers, special mobile equipment, and utility trailers shall meet the requirements of this Code.
<br /> Additionally, all exterior storage must comply with subdivision (6)of this section.
<br /> ��� Definitions:
<br /> a, Blight means a deteriorated condition, something that impairs or destroys.
<br /> b, Junk means any cast-off, damaged, discarded,junked, obsolete, salvage, scrapped, unusable,
<br /> worn-out or wrecked object,thing or material composed in whole or in part of asphalt, brick,
<br /> carbon, cement, plastic, or other synthetic substance, fiber, glass, metal, paper, plaster, plaster
<br /> of paris, rubber, terra cotta,wool, cotton,cloth, canvas, organic matter or other substance,
<br /> regardless of perceived market value or requiring reconditioning in order to be used for its
<br /> original purpose.
<br /> c. Recreational vehicle. Mobile home and recreational vehicle shall mean and include the following
<br /> definitions, and shall not include any manufactured housing unit bearing a State of Minnesota
<br /> manufactured housing seal or certificate,for uses including but not limited to those listed below:
<br /> 1. Camping trailer means a folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel,
<br /> recreation and vacation uses, also called a pop-up camper.
<br /> 2. Motor home means a portable,temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation and
<br /> vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
<br /> 3. Pickup camper means a structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a
<br /> temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation.
<br /> 4. Travel trailer means a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used
<br /> as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified
<br /> as a travel trailer by the manufacturer of the trailer.
<br /> d. Specia/mobile equipment means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the
<br /> transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway,
<br /> including but not limited to: ditch digging equipment, moving dollies, pump hoists and other well-
<br /> drilling equipment, street sweeping vehicles, and other machinery such as asphalt spreaders,
<br /> bituminous mixers, bucket loaders,tractors other than truck-tractors, ditchers, leveling graders,
<br /> finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving equipment.The term
<br /> does not include travel trailers, dump trucks,truck-mounted transit mixers,truck-mounted feed
<br /> grinders, or other motor vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which
<br /> machinery has been attached.
<br /> e. Utility trailer means any motorless vehicle, other than a boat trailer or personal watercraft trailer,
<br /> designed for carrying of snowmobiles, motorcycles, all terrain vehicles, or property on its own
<br /> structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle but shall not include boat trailers, a trailer drawn
<br /> by a truck-tractor semitrailer combination, or an auxiliary axle on a motor vehicle which carries a
<br /> portion of the weight of the motor vehicle to which it is attached.
<br /> (2) (Parking regu/ated.]Parking of recreational vehicles, mobile homes and utility trailers shall be regulated
<br /> as follows:
<br /> a. It is unlawful for any person to park a mobile home or recreational vehicle upon public property
<br /> for human habitation
<br /> b. It is unlawful for any person to park or store a utility trailer, mobile home, recreational vehicle in
<br /> any"R"district for more than 24 hours, except in a side or rear yard at least five feet from any
<br /> property line.
<br /> c. It is unlawful to use a mobile home or recreational vehicle for human habitation on any private
<br /> property for more than 72 hours without a permit from the city.
<br /> (3) Vehicle storage.All vehicles parked or stored on any property within the city shall be operable and
<br /> currently licensed.The parking of vehicles, other than recreational vehicles, in"R" districts is regulated
<br /> as follows:
<br /> a. Parking of vehicles other than recreational vehicles,with a maximum gross vehicle weight(GVV�
<br /> of 14,000 pounds or less is allowed in all "R"districts.
<br /> b. Parking of vehicles in "R"districts in excess of 14,000 pounds GVW has the potential to create
<br /> negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. These impacts may include noise(from
<br /> operation as well as maintenance of vehicle); vibration; glare; odors; soil/water contamination
<br /> (from dripping,washing, etc.); hazards to pedestrians by way of proximity, especially on private
<br /> roads;wear and tear on local or private roads; propensity to offload remaining cargo on site at
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