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Sec. 21-3(b). Enumerated Violations.
(3)
Any inoperable or unregistered vehicle, or parts thereof, outside of or under a roof area not enclosed by walls, doors or windows of any building on any lot, except the safe and neat keeping of:
a. Substantially complete inoperable or unregistered vehicles with inflated tires under the roof area of any building;
b. A vehicle undergoing repair, titled to the owner or resident of the property, provided that the repair is complete within fourteen (14) days after the repair was begun, provided that not more than three (3) such fourteen (14) day repairs will be permitted in any twelve (12) month period;
c. Not more than two (2) ongoing restoration projects or inoperable or unregistered vehicles in a backyard area, screened by a substantially opaque fence at a minimum height of five (5) feet or the height of the vehicles, whichever is more, provided that any fence constructed or modified pursuant to this subsection must meet any and all other requirements of the city code;
d. Lawful commercial activities involving vehicles as allowed by the Zoning and Development Code; or
e. Operable, off-road vehicles, under the roof area of any building, or in a backyard area, screened by a substantially opaque fence at a minimum height of five (5) feet or the height of the vehicles, whichever is more, provided that any fence constructed or modified pursuant to this subsection must meet any and all other requirements of the city code;
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A common example:
A common violation for this code is when a vehicle is parked on a driveway without a license plate. The violation in this scenario is having a vehicle visible from the right-of-way that is unregistered.