A. 
It shall be unlawful for any owner to store, deposit, place, maintain or cause or permit to be stored, deposited, placed or maintained outdoors any junk, regardless of quantity, within sight of persons traveling the public roads. The provisions of this chapter shall also be applicable to conditions existing at the time of enactment.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any owner to store, deposit, place, maintain or cause or permit to be stored, deposited, placed or maintained outdoors any bus, uninhabited manufactured home, truck, truck trailer, horse trailer, semitrailer, tank truck, or similar vehicles or units for storage purposes on any premises. Exemptions shall be made for the following uses:
(1) 
The use of a mobile office and/or portable storage structure for the construction of buildings or structures with an active building permit, provided such structures shall be removed following the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or abandonment of such construction.
(2) 
The use of a mobile office for a temporary real estate sales office during the development of a subdivision, provided its use relates only to the subdivision in which it is located and it shall be removed after the subdivision is developed.
(3) 
The use of mobile offices and/or portable storage structures on a property where owners have obtained a special use permit for outdoor storage in accordance the applicable provisions of the Code of the Town of Milo.
(4) 
The use of portable storage structures in connection with a farm operation as defined by § 301 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York. When practicable, the same shall be stored in a neat and orderly fashion and, if possible, hidden from public view.
Prohibited acts shall not apply to junkyards as permitted by the Code of the Town of Milo[1] or any successor rules, regulations or statutes, or the outdoor storage on the premises of the following equipment, machinery or material:
A. 
Wood intended for consumption in a wood-burning stove, furnace or fireplace located on the premises. Such wood shall be stored in a neat and orderly fashion.
B. 
Lawn, garden or yard ornaments and implements that are maintained in good condition.
C. 
Lawn and patio furniture that is maintained in good condition.
D. 
Operable garden and yard machinery and apparatus used on the premises that are maintained in good condition. When practicable, such machinery and apparatus shall be kept in a location not visible from any public road or screened from public view; otherwise, the same shall be stored in a neat and orderly fashion.
E. 
Standing fences that are maintained in good condition.
F. 
Hoses and sprinklers used for watering lawns or gardens that are maintained in good condition.
G. 
Unlicensed vehicles:
(1) 
An unlicensed vehicle in operating and good condition that is being stored while the owner of such vehicle is:
(a) 
A full-time student of the immediate family attending a school, college or university;
(b) 
A member of the United States Armed Forces; or
(c) 
Suffering from an injury or illness requiring hospitalization or confinement to a bed.
(2) 
When practicable, such vehicles shall be kept in a location not visible from any public road or screened from view; otherwise, the same shall be stored in a neat and orderly fashion.
H. 
Operable farm machinery, equipment and vehicles in connection with a farm operation as defined by § 301 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of New York State. When practicable, the same shall be stored in a neat and orderly fashion.
I. 
Operable machinery, equipment and vehicles in connection with a nonresidential operation (e.g., farm equipment dealerships, construction yards, etc.) duly conducted on the premises where such outdoor storage, placement and accumulation are expressly permitted by Chapter 350, Zoning.
J. 
Short-term, which shall be no more than 10 business days, accumulation of junk in approved leakproof and covered containers with the purpose of said accumulation being for the proper removal from the property by a licensed hauler for the delivery of the same to a regulated disposal facility.
K. 
Construction equipment, machinery and materials being utilized for construction, landscaping or other types of improvements. Such equipment, machinery and materials shall be stored in a neat and orderly fashion and placed so as not to endanger the public, the workers or adjoining property for the duration of the construction project.
L. 
Compost, mulch and other organic biomass crops as defined in § 301 of the Agriculture and Markets Law and utilizing acceptable practices as determined by the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 234, Junkyards.