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ORDINANCE 24-01 3 equipment not customarily used for residential purposes in violation of the requirements set forth below is declared to be a public nuisance because it: (1) Obstructs views on streets and private property; (2) Creates cluttered and otherwise unsightly areas; (3) Prevents the full use of residential streets for residential parking; (4) Introduces commercial advertising signs into areas where commercial advertising signs are otherwise prohibited; (5) Decreases adjoining landowners’ and occupants’ enjoyment of their property and neighborhood; and (6) Otherwise adversely affects property values and neighborhood patterns. (B) Unlawful parking and storage. (1) A person must not place, store, or allow the placement or storage of ice fish houses, skateboard ramps, playhouses, or other similar any nonpermanent structures or materials, unless expressly allowed by sections of this code, outside continuously for longer than 24 hours in the front-yard area of residential property unless more than 100 feet back from the front property line. (a) In residential districts, accessory recreational uses, including appurtenant structures integral to the recreational use, may be located in a front yard, provided that: (i) The use is temporary or seasonal in nature, and does not include any permanent appurtenance, structure or building. (ii) The use does not create noise audible beyond the boundaries of the subject property, nor utilize additional lighting between the hours of 9:00pm and 7:00am. (iii) No appurtenance, structure or building associated with the recreational use shall be set back from the property lines and/or right of way line no less than five (5) feet. (iv) No appurtenance, structure, building, nor any light post or other element, may exceed ten (10) feet in height. (2) A person must not place, store, or allow the placement or storage of pipe, lumber, forms, steel, machinery, or similar materials, including, but not exclusive to, all materials used in connection with a business, outside on residential property, unless shielded from public view by an opaque cover or a fence. (3) A person shall not use and vehicle, as defined in Section 152.008, with the exception of an enclosed trailer, as a storage vessel for common household materials. A person must not cause, undertake, permit, or allow the outside parking and storage of vehicles on residential property unless it complies with the following requirements. (a) No more than 4 vehicles per lawful dwelling unit may be parked or stored anywhere outside on residential property, except as otherwise permitted or required by the city because of nonresidential characteristics of the property. This maximum 20