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SUSAN L.POTTER''Recorder eputy ORDINANCE NO. 2906
By
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF
THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DELETING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO OUT-
DOOR STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES, BY REPEALING
SUBSECTIONS 29.76(1), (2) AND (3) AND ENACTING
NEW SUBSECTIONS 29.76(1) AND (2); REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section 1. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, is hereby
amended by repealing subsections 29.76(1) (2) and (3) as they now exist
and enacting new subsections 29.76(1) and (2) as follows:
"Sec. 29.76. SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR SALVAGE YARDS.
(1) In as much as it is found that the keeping of salvaged
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 regula-
tions are established as follows:
(a) A salvage yard as defined in section 29.2 (18) is
prohibited anywhere except in the G-I, General
Industrial district, subject to the general provisions
of that district, including site plan and city mana-
ger evaluation and approval all as set out in section
29.25, but also subject to a special use permit
issued after public hearing by the Zoning Board of
Adjustment with such protective conditions as are
warranted, pursuant to the procedures set out in
section 29.45 hereof.
(2) The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall not grant any
special permit as authorized and required in subsections
l(a) above unless the board shall first find as a fact
that the keeping of motor vehicles which are stored or
displayed under their present or proposed conditions or
circumstances will not:
(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 enjoy-
ment of adjacent properties.
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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 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances, insofar as they are
in direct conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law.
Section Four. Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall consti-
tute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars
($100.00) or thirty (30) days in jail.
Passed this n 25th day of September 1984.
4aiidy lb ;Ci4y—C—ierk F. Paul oodland, Mayor
I , Nancy Gibbons , duly appointed, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City
of Ames, Story County, Iowa, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 2906 was
duly adopted on the 25th day of September, 1984, by the Ames City Council and that
the above is a true and exact copy of said Ordinance.
M.
Nancy GiNZbons City ° irk of the ,
City of Ames, Story 6un,ty' Ibwa
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