Pittsburg Municipal Code § 18.50.210 Screening of vehicles and equipment

A. Storage of Unsightly Objects and Other Equipment. A person may not store, park, or place a camper shell, sofa, appliance, mechanical equipment, or any other unsightly objects in the front yard or in the corner side yard of an occupied lot or in any part of a vacant lot in an R district for a period of more than 24 hours in any one calendar month. This does not apply to building material or equipment for use on the site during the time a building permit is in effect for construction on the premises.

B. Placement of Automobiles. A person may not keep, store, park, or allow to be parked or left unattended any automobile (whether or not registered or capable of operation) on any unpaved portion of a front or corner side yard.

C. Placement of Vehicles and Vessels. A person may not keep, store, park, or allow to be parked or left unattended on a property any boat, utility or travel trailer, or recreational vehicle, except as allowed by PMC § 18.78.070.

(Formerly 18.50.405; Ord. 979 § 2 (Exh. A), 1990; Ord. 07-1284 § 3 (Exh. D), 2007; Ord. 07-1294 § 3, 2007)

A. Site Location Limitations. A person may not park, store, place or allow to remain in the front yard or the comer side yard of an occupied lot or in any part of a vacant lot in an R district any motor vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle, boat, trailer, camper shell, household appliance, or other mechanical apparatus or device for the purpose of disassembling, constructing, reconstructing, repairing, or servicing. However, a person may perform repair or related work on an item referred to on a driveway within a front or corner side yard of a lot occupied by a main building for a period of no more than 24 hours at a time, or for no more than 24 hours in any one calendar month. Such repair or related work is limited to work conducted on a vehicle registered to, or other item owned by, a resident of the property.

B. Nighttime Repair Work. A person may not disassemble, construct, reconstruct, repair, or service an item referred to in subsection (A) of this section outside a building in an R district between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

C. Spray Painting, Welding and Burning. A person may not operate spray painting, welding or burning equipment that uses compressed gas or a similar device, in the front yard or in the corner side yard of an occupied lot or in any part of a vacant lot in an R district, for the purpose of painting, repairing, wrecking, dismantling, assembling, fabricating, or constructing an item referred to in subsection (A) of this section.

(Formerly 18.50.410; Ord. 979 § 2 (Exh. A), 1990; Ord. 07-1284 § 3 (Exh. D), 2007)

Repair or storage of vehicles or equipment not otherwise restricted by PMC § 18.50.200 and § 18.50.205 and Chapter 18.78 PMC must be screened from view on all sides by a fence, wall or hedge.

(Formerly 18.50.415; Ord. 979 § 2 (Exh. A), 1990; Ord. 07-1284 § 3 (Exh. D), 2007)