No land shall be used or occupied and no structure shall be erected, altered, enlarged, moved, used or occupied except in conformity with all regulations herein established and upon performance of all conditions herein set forth.

A.

No portion of any lot, with a dwelling which is not occupied for human habitation or without a dwelling, and no portion of any front yard as defined in Section 10.01.020 AW, shall be used for the storage of any of the following except as otherwise provided herein:

1.

Motor vehicles, except automobiles or light trucks of three-quarter (0.75) ton size or less which are in fully operational condition and currently registered and licensed for operation on public highways and in regular use by members of the household occupying the premises; provided, however, that a motor vehicle less than seven (7) feet high or less than two hundred four (204) inches in overall length or less than nine thousand (9,000) pounds in gross vehicle weight shall be deemed an automobile or light truck for purposes of this Section;

2.

Trailers of any kind or make as defined in the California Vehicle Code;

3.

Boats or airplanes;

4.

Parts of any of the above-described items;

5.

Building or construction materials, except those materials reasonably required for work under construction on the premises pursuant to a valid and current building permit issued in accordance with Title 9; and

6.

Trash, garbage or refuse, except as may be provided by Chapter 9 of Title 6.

B.

No portion of any required side yard of a corner lot or any required rear yard of a through lot shall be used for the storage of any of the items described in Subsection A except where a fence has been legally constructed pursuant to applicable regulations and of sufficient height and type to screen the stored property from public view and to prevent it from becoming an attractive nuisance to children. For the purposes of this Section the fence shall be solid and opaque.

C.

The term "storage" shall mean the physical presence of the items proscribed above for a period of eight (8) consecutive hours but excluding Saturday and Sunday of each week, within the proscribed lot or yard as such is defined and delineated in this Chapter including the public or private street upon which the lot fronts.

D.

Any of the items described in Subsection A which have been stored on any lot or yard for more than eight (8) hours, and then removed, shall not again be stored on such lot or yard at any time within seventy-two (72) hours after removal therefrom.

E.

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any of the following:

1.

Vehicles or trailers in the process of being loaded or unloaded.

2.

Vehicles or trailers belonging to guests of the owners of a particular property which are to be stored for a period of not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours.

3.

Vehicles and trailers which are in fully operational condition and currently registered and licensed for operation on public highways, and which are stored outside of the public right-of-way of any street and on private property which is the residence of the owners thereof and within the R-1-8 Residential District, eight thousand (8,000) square foot lot size zoning district.

No use which violates California state law and/or federal law shall be permitted in any zoning district in the City of Monte Sereno. All uses which are not authorized by this Chapter either by specific listing or by category are prohibited.

(Ord. No. NS-199, § 4, 1-26-2016)