[Adopted 8-8-2006 by Ord. No. 06-004
(Ch. 44)]
The purpose of this article is to limit and restrict the outdoor storage,
parking or unreasonable accumulation of junk, unused, partially dismantled,
unlicensed or nonoperating motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats, tractors, trailers,
appliances, or other such machinery or new or used parts therefrom upon premises
primarily used or zoned for any type of residential purpose within the City
of Oconto Falls, to thereby avoid injury and hazards to children and others
attracted to such vehicles or trailers, the devaluation of property values
and the psychological ill effect of the presence of such vehicles or trailers
upon adjoining residents and residential property owners.
A.
No person shall park, store, or place upon any public
right-of-way or public property, or upon any premises that is primarily used
or is zoned for any type of residential purpose within the City of Oconto
Falls, any motor vehicle, motorcycle, boat, tractor, trailer, appliance, or
other such machinery or new or used parts therefrom, unless the same is wholly
contained within a fully enclosed building and does not violate any zoning
or building laws, except for the following:
(1)
Duly licensed and operable vehicles or trailers with
substantially all main component parts attached.
(2)
Vehicles or trailers that are temporarily inoperable
because of minor mechanical failure but which are not, in any manner, dismantled
and have substantially all main component parts attached, which may remain
upon such private property for not to exceed seven days.
(3)
Not more than one vehicle in fully operating condition,
such as stock car or modified car that has been redesigned or reconstructed
for a purpose other than that for which it was manufactured, provided that
no building or garage is located upon the premises in which the same could
be parked or stored. In no event shall any such vehicle be parked, repaired,
or maintained in the front or side street yard area of any such residential
premises.
B.
No repairing, redesigning, modifying or dismantling work
or operations shall be allowed upon any vehicle or trailer or parts thereof
upon any public right-of-way or public property or on any property primarily
used or zoned for any type of residential purpose for a period in excess of
24 hours except such as:
C.
Any such work within such twenty-four-hour period heretofore
allowed shall not, however, consist of any major repair, redesigning, modifying
or dismantling work, but only such occasional minor work as may frequently
be required to maintain a vehicle or trailer or parts thereof in normal operating
condition. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit the parking
and/or repair or maintenance on said vehicles in any front or side yard.
Any parking, storage, placement, or operation in violation of the provisions of this article is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 348 of the Oconto Falls Code.
A.
All sworn police officers of the City of Oconto Falls
are granted the authority to enforce this article.
B.
Upon discovering that any person is in violation of any
part of this article, notification will be sent to those responsible for the
violation.
C.
The responsible party will then have seven days to comply
with this article, unless it is determined that the conditions constitute
an imminent threat to the public health, safety or welfare or are a flagrant
violation of the terms of this article. An extension of time may be granted
upon good cause, provided that the responsible party signs a written agreement
to abate the nuisance within a specific time period.
D.
A citation will be issued charging the responsible party
or parties with a misdemeanor violation of the terms of this article if abatement
is not achieved within the time period.
E.
If the responsible party fails to abate the violation
of this article, the Police Chief may also authorize the removal and storage
of the junk, unused, partially dismantled, unlicensed or nonoperating motor
vehicles, motorcycles, boats, tractors, trailers, appliances, or other such
machinery or new or used parts therefrom at the responsible party's expense.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-9 of this Code. Each day that a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
