Mount Vernon City Zoning Code
SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT
REGULATIONS
§ 161.045 VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
On a corner lot in any residential district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as materially to impede vision between a height of two and a half and ten feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the lot lines of such corner lots and a line joining points along said lot lines 15 feet from the point of the intersection of the lot lines.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-109.1)
§ 161.046 FENCES, WALLS, AND HEDGES.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this ordinance, fences, walls and hedges may be permitted in any required yard, or along the edge of any yard, provided that no fence, wall or hedge along the sides or front edge of any front yard shall conflict with the provisions of § 161.045 of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-109.2)
§ 161.047 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS.
No accessory building shall be erected in any required front or side yard, and no separate accessory building shall be erected within five feet of any other building.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-109.3)
§ 161.048 ERECTION OF MORE THAN ONE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE ON A LOT.
In all districts with the exception of R-1, R-2, and R-M2 residential districts, more than one structure housing a permitted or permissible principal use may be erected on a single lot of record, provided that yard and other requirements of this ordinance shall be met for each structure as though it were on an individual lot, and further provided that the owner of a single lot of record shall not sell or convey off a part of said lot of record without compliance with Chapter 159 of the Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Mt. Vernon, relating to subdivision of land.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-109.4)
§ 161.049 EXCEPTIONS TO HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
The height limitations contained in the Schedule of District Regulations do not apply to spires, elevator penthouses, belfries, cupolas, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, chimneys, farm silos in agricultural districts or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended for human occupancy.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-109.5)
§ 161.050 STRUCTURES TO HAVE ACCESS.
Every building hereafter erected or moved shall be on a lot adjacent to a public street or with access to an approved private street, and all structures shall be so located on lots as to provide safe and convenient access for servicing, fire protection, and required off-street parking.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-109.6)
§ 161.051 MAJOR RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT.
(A) Parking and Storage of Major Recreational Equipment. For purposes of these regulations, major recreational equipment is defined as including boats and boat trailers, recreational vehicles of every type, travel trailers, pick up campers or coaches (designed to be mounted on automotive vehicles), motorized dwellings, tent trailers, utility trailers, and the like, and cases or boxes used for transporting recreational equipment, whether occupied by such equipment or not. No major recreational equipment shall be parked or stored on any lot in a residential district except in a driveway or parking space improved for such purpose, a carport or enclosed building, or behind the nearest portion of a building so as not to be visible from the street, unless physical barriers or conditions upon the property reasonably prevent otherwise; provided, however, that such equipment may be parked anywhere on residential premises for a period not to exceed 24 hours during loading or unloading. Major recreational equipment shall not be stored on any public street or alley; nor shall major recreational equipment, at any time when parked or stored, block or obstruct a public sidewalk or pedestrian right-of-way.
(B) Use of Major Recreational Equipment. For purposes of these regulations, major recreational equipment is defined as including boats and boat trailers, recreational vehicles of every type, travel trailers, pick up campers or coaches (designed to be mounted on automotive vehicles), motorized dwellings, tent trailers, utility trailers, and the like, and cases or boxes used for transporting recreational equipment, whether occupied by such equipment or not. No such major recreational equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, housekeeping, dwelling, or occupancy purposes when parked or stored on a residential lot, or at any location or lot not zoned or approved for such use. No such major recreational equipment shall be used as a storage building or as an accessory building upon any lot.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-109.7)
§ 161.052 PARKING AND STORAGE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES.
Automotive vehicles, trucks or trailers of any kind or type without current license plates, or trucks over 3/4 ton capacity, with current license plates, shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in a carport or closed building.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-109.8)