§ 47-4. Open storage restricted.

A. 

Exceptions.

(1) 

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either as a private property owner, vehicle owner, occupant, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to openly store or deposit or cause or permit to be openly stored or deposited an abandoned, junked, discarded or unlicensed vehicle or vehicles or parts or pieces thereof on any private property within any zoning district within the Town of Lancaster, except as permitted in salvage yards or by this local law, unless such vehicle or part or piece thereof is stored or deposited in a completely enclosed building.

(2) 

A single winter use or seasonal vehicle such as winter cars or light truck plow vehicles, which may not be licensed year round by the property owner, may be stored outside, provided that the vehicle is behind the front yard on an adequately maintained surface in the side or rear yard and is at least 10 feet from the property lines.

(3) 

In the case of a vehicle temporarily out of service that is under repair or refurbishment by the owner thereof who must actually reside on the premises where such repair or refurbishment is being done, this single vehicle may be openly stored for a period of up to 90 days, provided that it is maintained and protected so as to not create a safety hazard or nuisance to surrounding property owners, but not upon the public right-of-way.

B. 

Recreational vehicles, specifically boats, camping trailers and motorhomes or snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles on trailers, may be openly stored upon the premises, but not on the public right-of-way, provided that the owner actually resides upon the property, and provided further that the subject recreational vehicle has been licensed within the last 12 months.

C. 

Trailers and truck bodies.

(1) 

In any business or industrial district, nonresidential use or recognized nonconforming commercial use in a residential district, wheeled unlicensed trailers made to be pulled by a truck or truck body, whether now with or without wheels, are permitted for storage purposes but are not permitted in any front yard.

(2) 

One unlicensed trailer or truck body as recited in Subsection C(1) above which is at the time of the adoption of this local law used for storage in any residential district shall be exempt but shall not be permitted in any front yard.

(3) 

All trailers and truck bodies as described in Subsection C(1) above shall be exempt when used in connection with agricultural pursuits, but shall not be permitted in any front yard. Refer also to § 47-9.

(4) 

Owners of wheeled trailers not otherwise exempted herein made to be pulled by a truck, whether now with or without wheels, and currently used for storage have six months from the date of adoption of this local law to terminate the use of the same for storage and comply with this local law.