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. Items stored or parked in side yards shall maintain a 15 foot setback of the edge of parking surface (if they are parking motor vehicles) or equipment from property lines in the side yard, If they are parking vehicles in the rear yard, this would have the same requirement. If it is equipment, there is no surfacing requirement in the rear yard only the side yard, so they would just have to meet the 15 foot setback. . Items stored or parked separate from other items shall count as 1 item each; multiple items stored or parked on a trailer, for instance, count as 1 item. (Example: 2 snowmobiles and an empty trailer on the ground are 3 items; 2 snowmobiles on a trailer are 1 item). Items that will count towards the number restriction include, but are not limited to, the following examples: vehicles, RV's, campers, boats, canoes, snowmobiles, jet-skis, A TV's, go-carts, motocross bikes, motorcycles, fish houses, and other recreational equipment. . Items that will not count towards the number restriction include those items typically seen as accessory to a residential use. Examples would be lawnmowers, garden tractors and attachments, bicycles, wheelbarrows, play structures, step ladders, and other items used for routine home and lawn maintenance, . Equipment, as well as motorized vehicles, will be required to be stored or parked on a prepared parking surface in the front and side yards. . Residents will be allowed to have one unlicensed, inoperable vehicle that may be stored outdoors. This vehicle will not be permitted to be stored in the front yard or driveway, It must be stored in the side or rear yard on a prepared surface and must be completely screened from adjacent properties. It would still be subject to the public nuisance regulations in Chapter 5, . Vehicles or equipment for a commercial use will count towards the maximum number of items allowed to be parked or stored outside. . Screening requirements (for commercial vehicles) are proposed to be different for properties within the MUSA vs. those outside the MUSA. In the non-MUSA area, vehicles and/or equipment shall be screened to a degree of 50% at ground level view with landscaping or other means from the public right-of-way and adjacent properties. In the MUSA area, vehicles and/or equipment shall continue to meet the 75% screening requirement that currently exists in code, This is done primarily by fencing or mature landscaping already in place, Tarps are not considered screening. . At no time shall a motor vehicle or equipment be parked such that any portion of the motor vehicle or equipment extends into a sidewalk or trail, as these are considered public right of ways. . Increase in the number of items will be allowed through an administrative zoning permit at the discretion of the Zoning Administrator if the applicant can demonstrate a higher number of drivers, topographical issues on the lot or other practical difficulties.