Poway Municipal Code Art. II Storage of Buildings

No building or structure shall be stored on any property or placed temporarily on any property in the City unless such property has been approved by the City Council as a site for such storage or temporary location pursuant to PMC § 15.20.040 or has been approved by the City Planning Commission or City Council as a site for such storage or temporary location pursuant to the zoning ordinance.

(CC § 54.201; Ord. 29 § 1, 1981)

A. Application for approval of a site for use as a storage yard or temporary location shall be made to the City Council. Before approving a site for use as a storage yard or temporary location the City Council shall determine:

1. That the storage of unused and unoccupied structures upon such site will not create a fire hazard;

2. That the character of the area or neighborhood within which the site is located is such that the storage of unused and unoccupied structures on said site will not constitute an attractive nuisance to children in the area;

3. That the storage of unused and unoccupied structures on the site will not create such a breeding place for vermin as would be injurious to the public health;

4. That the storage of unused and unoccupied structures on the site will not be dangerous to public morals by creating a shelter for criminal or immoral acts.

B. In approving a site for use as a storage yard or temporary location, the City Council may impose such reasonable conditions as may be necessary to ensure that the use of the property will not create any of the hazards to health, safety or welfare referred to above in subsections (A)(1) through (4) of this section.

(CC § 54.202; Ord. 29 § 1, 1981)

A. Upon approval by the City Council pursuant to PMC § 15.20.040 or upon approval of the Planning Commission or City Council pursuant to the zoning ordinance of a site for use as a storage yard or temporary location for moved buildings or structures, the Building Inspector may issue a permit authorizing the moving to such storage yard or temporary location of one or more buildings or structures; provided, that there is filed with the Building Inspector a bond in the sum of $5,000 for each such storage yard or temporary location.

B. The bond shall be executed by the person, firm, partnership or corporation applying for the permit pursuant to this section and by a surety company authorized to do business in the State, shall be joint and several as to liability, shall inure to the benefit of the City, and shall be conditioned upon the removal from said storage year or temporary location within a period of one year from the date of issuance of said permit of all such buildings and structures so moved on to said storage yard or temporary location.

C. The bond shall be filed with the said Building Inspector prior to the time the permit is issued.

D. No such building or structure moved onto such storage yard or temporary location shall be used or occupied at such storage yard or temporary location.

(CC § 54.203; Ord. 29 § 1, 1981)