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%A lA.M. MAY — 7 1982 P.M. ORDINANCE NO. 2819
SUSM L prgk R r AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE
DePWV OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA BY ENACTING A
NEW SECTION NUMBERED 29.76 FOR THE REGULA-
TION OF SALVAGE YARDS, KEEPING WRECKED OR
DEMOLISHED MOTOR VEHICLES, AND THE OUT-
DOOR STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES, PROVIDING
A PENALTY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
BE IT ENACTED by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa;
Section One: The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall
be and is hereby amended by enacting a new section as follows:
"Sec. 29.76 SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR SALVAGE
YARDS; OUTDOOR STORAGE OF MOTOR
VEHICLES; AND, WRECKED OR DEMOLISHED
MOTOR VEHICLES.
(1) In as much as it is found that the keeping of sal-
vaged parts and materials, and the storage of motor vehicles
out of doors can detract from the beneficial use and enjoy-
ment of neighboring properties, certain special regulations are
established as follows:
(a) A salvage yard as defined in section 29.2 (18)
is prohibited anywhere except in the G-I, General Indus-
trial district, subject to the general provisions of that
district, including site plan and city manager evaluation
and approval all as set out in section 29.25, but also
subject to a special use permit issued after public hear-
ing by the Zoning Board of Adjustment with such pro-
tective conditions as are warranted, pursuant to the
procedures set out in section 29.45 hereof.
(b) No person shall keep, store or display one or
more motor vehicles out of doors on property zoned for
residential use, or permit the parking out of doors of a
motor vehicle on residentially zoned property under their
ownership, possession or control for more than thirty
days without movement and use of said vehicle as an
operating motor vehicle unless the owner of the subject
land has obtained a special use permit from the Zoning
Board of Adjustment pursuant to the procedures set out
in section 29.45 of this code.
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(c) No person shall store or display one or more
motor vehicles out of doors on property zoned for com-
mercial use, or permit the parking out of doors of a
motor vehicle on commercially zoned property under their
ownership, possession or control for more than one year
without movement and use of said vehicle as an operating
motor vehicle unless the owner of the subject land has
obtained a special use permit from the Zoning Board of
Adjustment pursuant to the procedures set out in section
29.45 of this code.
(d) The provision of subsection (c) notwithstand-
ing the keeping, parking or storage, out of doors, of
any wrecked or demolished motor vehicle, or motor
vehicle stripped for parts, at the same commercially
zoned site for more than one hundred eighty days is
prohibited, except in a permitted salvage yard, or if
done pursuant to a special use permit issued to the
owner or other person in possession and lawful control
of the premises in accordance with the procedures set
out in Section 29.45 hereof.
(2) The following shall be exempt from the regulations
of this section:
(a) vehicles kept in enclosed buildings or which
are kept concealed and enclosed behind an opaque wall
at least six feet in height, or completely covered by an
opaque cloth vehicle cover or tarpaulin.
(b) vehicles kept in commercial automobile salvage
yards lawfully established and existing prior to January
1, 1982.
(c) a 'motor home', pickup truck with camper top,
converted bus or van, or similar recreational vehicle,
which is currently licensed for operation on the public
highways.
(d) a motor vehicle currently licensed for opera-
tion on the public highways and lawfully parked off the
streets while the owner or other person in lawful pos-
session and control thereof, if a resident of this city, is
out of the city for more than thirty days but not more
than one hundred eighty days.
(3) The zoning board of adjustment shall not grant any
special permit as authorized and required in subsections 1(a)
through 1(d) above unless the board shall first find as a fact
that the keeping of such vehicles under their present or
proposed conditions or circumstances will not:
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(a) provide an attractive and dangerous nuisance
for young children.
(b) be a harborage for rats and other forms of
vermin.
(c) be an unsightly detraction from the use and
enjoyment of adjacent properties.
In granting a permit the board may impose such time
limits and other special protective conditions as it shall find
useful and reasonable to the concerns expressed in a, b and
c above."
Section Two. Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall
constitute a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed
thirty (30) days and in addition may be enforced pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 414 of the Code of Iowa, by injunction.
Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as required by law.
Passed this 6th day of April 1982.
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