[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Fairfax 4-5-2005 by Ord. No. 302. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 2-9-2016]
A.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND/OR EQUIPMENT
Recreational vehicle and equipment defined.
Trucks having three or more axles or having a gross weight
in excess of 8,000 pounds, commercial vehicles over 19 feet in length,
buses (herein defined as a motor vehicle designed for carrying more
than 10 passengers), recreational vehicles, boats (whether mounted
on a trailer or not), motor homes, truck campers, travel trailers,
boat trailers, tent trailers, camping trailers, motorized dwellings,
fifth wheels, mobile homes, house trailers, trailers, utility trailers,
semitrailers, horse trailers, airplane gliders, off-highway motor
vehicles, snowmobiles, sand buggies, dune buggies, all-terrain vehicles,
personal watercraft, tractors, implements or husbandry, golf carts,
go-carts, or any other major recreational, commercial or agricultural
vehicle or equipment.
B.
Parking and/or storage prohibited. No person or property owner shall
allow, on a single residential property, the parking or storage of
more than two recreational vehicles and/or equipment, plus two motor
vehicles or motorcycles, as defined by Min. Stat. § 168.002.
The combined total number of vehicles shall not exceed four, and the
following conditions and restrictions shall apply to those vehicles:
(1)
Location of vehicles or equipment:
(a)
The vehicles shall be parked on a driveway; or
(b)
The vehicles or equipment may be located within a side or rear
yard if in compliance with setback requirements applicable to accessory
structures and sight-screened from abutting properties and rights-of-way
by solid board fencing or sight-obscuring landscaping at least six
feet in height; or
(c)
If there is no reasonable access to a rear or side yard, the
vehicles or equipment shall not exceed four feet in height if located
in the front yard, provided they are not visible from the public right-of-way
or adjacent properties; and
(2)
All vehicles or equipment shall be licensed (if licensing is required
by state authority for use) and operable.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(3), which required the
parking surface to be an improved surface, which immediately followed
this subsection, was repealed 12-12-2023 by Ord. No. 441.
C.
Exceptions. The restrictions in this section shall not apply to vehicles in excess of the numbers allowed in Subsection B above if:
(1)
Storage within a garage. The vehicles are stored within a vented
garage, or within a carport, which is totally sight-screened from
abutting properties by solid board fencing or sight-obscuring landscaping
at least six feet in height.
(2)
Short-term parking. The parking of motor vehicles or motorcycles
is for periods of less than 48 hours.
A.
This chapter does not apply to the parking of equipment
or vehicles in an area with a zoning classification of commercial,
industrial, or agricultural, when the equipment or vehicles are used
by the owner of the property in conjunction with a business operating
on the property or held for sale by a business operation on the property.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, which exempted vehicles
with camper shells, which immediately followed this subsection, was
repealed 12-12-2023 by Ord. No. 441.
For purposes of this chapter, all sides of a
property that abut a public right-of-way constitutes a front yard.
Parking or storage of recreational vehicles
and/or equipment for compensation is not permitted in residentially
zoned districts. Parking or storage of recreational vehicles and/or
equipment on property where there is no unity of ownership interests
in the recreational vehicle and/or equipment with a leasehold or fee
interest in the subject property is absolutely prohibited. This subsection
does not apply to storage facilities provided exclusively for tenants
of multifamily dwelling complexes.
Commercial vehicles that exceed 19 feet in length
are not permitted to be parked overnight on residential properties.
For purposes of this chapter, any new fencing
or new sight-obscuring landscaping required must be installed in accordance
with the City of Fairfax Ordinances.
Vehicles or equipment as herein defined parked
on a driveway for the purpose of loading and unloading may remain
parked or stored in the front yard for a period not to exceed 48 hours.
Violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor.