§ 12.14. Parking and storage on residential property.

1.

Parking of personal motor vehicles on property being used as residential outside a building is permitted only in the front yard or in the rear yard that abuts a public street provided that such motor vehicles may only be parked on an improved driveway, parking strip or apron and not on a lawn or other area of a yard.

2.

On property being used as residential, there shall be no parking or storage of commercial vehicles, commercial trailers or recreational equipment outside a garage or wholly enclosed building within the front yard for more than 96 hours within any 30-day period. Such commercial vehicles, commercial trailers, commercial equipment or recreational equipment may only be parked on an improved driveway, parking strip or apron and not on a lawn or other area of a front yard.

3.

A combination of not more than any two of the following items may be kept or stored for an indefinite period of time in the rear yard of a single- or two-family lot:

• Recreational vehicles;

• Campers, travel trailers, fifth wheel trailers, motor homes;

• Boats, boat trailers and/or boat recreational units;

• Snowmobiles, snowmobile trailers and/or snowmobile recreational units;

• ATVs, ATV trailers and/or ATV recreational units;

• Personal watercraft, personal watercraft trailers and/or personal watercraft units;

• Motorcycles, motorcycle trailers and/or motorcycle recreational units;

• Utility trailers, commercial or personal;

• Specialty trailers;

• Motor vehicles (autos, SUVs, pickup trucks, etc., not in daily use).

Provided:

• Such vehicles are properly licensed for use within the State of Michigan.

• Such vehicles are in operable condition.

• Such vehicles shall not exceed 8 feet 6 inches in width, 12 feet 6 inches in height and 30 feet in length.

• Such vehicles shall be subject to a three-foot set back from all side and rear lot lines.

4.

On lots where the side or rear yard front a public street, items permitted to be kept or stored under subsection 12.14(3) shall comply with the requirements of subsection 12.14(3) and shall also be shielded from public view by solid or semi-solid fencing, evergreen shrubbery, a natural hedge or a combination thereof. The length and width of the shielding materials shall equal or exceed the length and width of the stored items and shall be in conformance with sections 12.22 and 12.23 of this ordinance.

5.

Parking or storage of commercial vehicles, commercial trailers or commercial equipment in the rear or side yard is prohibited.

6.

Open storage of partially disassembled motor vehicles, trailers, recreational equipment or component parts thereof is prohibited.

7.

A recreational vehicle, travel trailer, motor home or camper parked or stored on a residential lot shall not be connected to sanitary facilities and shall not be used for living, lodging or housing purposes.

8.

For the purposes of this section, a bus shall be considered a commercial vehicle except for school buses when parked or stored at a school and church buses owned and leased by churches which are parked in a church parking lot.

9.

A commercial vehicle used by a provider of residential services may be parked at the serviced residence as necessary during the period of time that the services are being provided and will be specifically excluded from the provisions of this ordinance affecting commercial vehicles.

(Ord. No. 186, § II, 4-17-06; Ord. No. 194, arts. I, II, 11-1-10)