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Civil Zoning Violations
sec. 730-505. CIVIL ZONING VIOLATIONS
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who is the owner or contract vendee of, or who has a possessory interest in, real property located in Marion County to cause, suffer or allow any of the following civil zoning violations to occur on such property:
- The location, erection, or maintenance of any sign not specifically permitted by Chapter 734 of this code;
- The failure to obtain an Improvement Location Permit when one is required by the terms and provisions of Article III of this chapter;
- The outdoor storage of junk, trash, or debris in any zoning district, the provisions of which do not specifically permit such a use;
- The outdoor storage of inoperable motor vehicles or vehicle parts in any zoning district, the provisions of which do not specifically permit such a use;
- The parking or storage in any zoning district, the provisions of which do not specifically permit such a use, of any motor vehicle designed (a) for use in pulling, towing, hauling, transporting, or (b) as a temporary or permanent base, platform or support for equipment, machinery, materials or other goods. This provision shall include but not be limited to school buses, buses used for public transportation, stake body trucks, dump trucks, trucks or tractors having dual rear wheels or more than two (2) axles, semi-trailer tractors, semi-trailers and trailers having dual rear wheels or more than one (1) axle or having an overall length of more than twelve (12) feet. However, this provision does not apply to motor vehicles which do not exceed the three-quarter ton load classification in size and which are the sole vehicular transportation for a resident of the property upon which the commercial motor vehicle is parked or stored;
- The outdoor storage or display of merchandise or goods in any zoning district, the provisions of which do not specifically permit such a use or in violation of zoning district development standards regulating such use; (i.e. vehicles displayed for sale)
- The conduct of any activity in a dwelling zoning district, not specifically enumerated as a permitted primary or accessory use in that zoning district, and which activity has not been legally established by a currently valid variance, special exception or other approval grant;
- Failure to comply with zoning district development standards, including but not limited to landscaping, paving, or striping of parking areas, minimum parking space requirements, dumpster enclosure, fencing or screening requirements;
- The failure to comply with the terms, provisions, conditions or commitments of a variance grant, special exception, rezoning ordinance, or other approval grant, and;
- The violation of a stop-work order issued pursuant to section 730-504.
(b) Each day a civil zoning violation remains uncorrected constitutes a second or subsequent violation.
Did You Know?
Property Owner/Tenant
Both or either of these can be held responsible when enforcement action is required.
Citations
Civil zoning citations in the amount of $50 are issued for continued non-compliance with one of the listed zoning violations.
Towing
If any vehicle is towed, from public or private property, it will be done so at the owner's expense.
Repeat Violations
Citations can be given for these, even if the initial violation has been removed (i.e. a different inoperable vehicle than first investigated).
Download the Civil Zoning Violation Zoning Compliance Brochure.
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