§ 24-65. Sale, storage and repair of vehicles.

(a)

No person shall park or permit to be parked any vehicle for the purpose of sale upon any public street or private property including vacant property except where the sale of a vehicle is customary and incidental to the principal use of the property and in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Glendale, Arizona. Except as follows:

(1)

The display of one (1) vehicle for sale is permitted at a residence when the vehicle is titled to the owner or occupant of the property, is parked on an improved parking surface on the property and is not being sold in connection with an automobile sales business.

(2)

No more than three (3) vehicles may be displayed for sale at the same residence within a calendar year and only one (1) vehicle shall be displayed for sale at one (1) time.

(b)

No person shall park or permit to be parked any vehicle, including but not limited to semi-tractors, semi-tractor trailers, or limousines on any property or vacant property except where the parking of such vehicles is customary and incidental to the principal use of the property and in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Glendale, Arizona.

(c)

Vehicle covers placed on any vehicle that is visible from any public street or sidewalk must be properly maintained and made exclusively for covering vehicles. A proper cover does not include bed linen, paper, cardboard, plastic sheeting, tarps or any other item or material not manufactured specifically as a vehicle cover. The use of a vehicle cover on any abandoned or inoperable vehicle as defined in this subsection is limited to a vehicle that is stored in a carport.

(d)

The unsheltered storage of any abandoned or inoperable vehicle, including any vehicle being repaired or restored, that is visible from any public street or sidewalk is prohibited except where the storage, repair or restoration is customary and incidental to the principal use of the property and in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Glendale, Arizona.

(e)

An abandoned or inoperable vehicle, including any vehicle being repaired or restored, may be stored in a carport if the vehicle is covered with a properly maintained vehicle cover made exclusively for covering vehicles as described in this section.

(f)

Within any residentially zoned district, any vehicle undergoing repair must be titled to the owner or occupant of the property. No more than three (3) vehicles shall be repaired during any calendar year. Vehicle repair work shall be performed on no more than one (1) vehicle at one (1) time.

(g)

Within any residentially zoned district, no person shall park or store any vehicle such as but not limited to watercraft, camper shell, truck camper, or utility trailer in any portion of the side yard unless screened from the street or the surface area is improved with gravel, concrete, asphalt or paving bricks.

(h)

No person shall leave, place or park any abandoned vehicle or inoperable vehicle upon any public street, alleyway, parking lot or other city property.

(i)

Within any residentially zoned district, no person shall park or permit to be parked any vehicle within a front yard area except in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Glendale, Arizona.

(Ord. No. 2541, § 5, 1-23-07)