Outdoor Storage

OUTDOOR STORAGE

Vehicles, trailers, recreational vehicles, campers, building materials, etc. - pursuant to Fruita Land Use Code17.07.060(D.1) vehicles and trailers cannot be permanently stored in the front yard or the street side yard of a corner lot.

1. No portion of any required front yard, or side yard on the street side of a corner lot, shall be used for the permanent storage of a motor vehicle, trailer, airplane, boat (or parts of any of the foregoing), recreational vehicles, travel trailers, campers or building materials, Permanent storage, as used in this subsection, means the location of the above mentioned items for more than a consecutive period of forty-eight (48) hours in the required front or side yard.

Pursuant to Fruita Land Use Code; 17.07.060(D.2) permanently storing [outdoors] on a single parcel of land more than one (1) non-farm vehicle, not displaying a current Colorado license plate, is prohibited.

2. It shall be unlawful to store or otherwise have, maintain or allow on a single parcel of land in the City of Fruita (or on contiguous parcels under the same, or substantially the same, ownership) more than one (1) non-farm vehicle not having current Colorado license plates or registration unless the vehicle is in an approved junkyard or other similar use where vehicle storage is permitted. There shall be no limit on the number of active or serviceable agricultural vehicles on a parcel of land, regardless of whether such vehicles have current registration or license plates; however, the restrictions of one (1) vehicle per parcel of land shall apply to agricultural vehicles which are clearly abandoned or which are not in their present condition suitable for active agricultural use.

Unused machinery, implements, furniture, appliances, tires and other personal property, etc. - pursuant to Fruita Municipal Code; 9.11.030 PUBLIC NUISANCES - DEFINED; keeping, depositing or scattering unused or discarded items of any kind may be deemed a public nuisance and bring abatement action pursuant to the following policy.

It is the policy of the City pursuant to Section 31-15- 401(c), C.R.S., that every public nuisance shall be restrained, prevented, abated, and perpetually enjoined. It is the duty of the City Attorney or his designee to bring and maintain an action, pursuant to the provisions of Fruita Municipal Code; Chapter 9.11, to restrain, prevent, abate, and perpetually enjoin any such public nuisance.