Appendix 906. Commonly owned amenities within subdivisions.

Commonly owned amenities are allowed on parcels platted and designated for said amenities in subdivisions. Amenities can include but are not limited to a swimming pool, tennis court, clubhouse and open space. Amenities can also include boat ramps and docks as well as outdoor storage of boats and recreational equipment, subject to provisions elsewhere in this ordinance. Title to all improved and unimproved commonly owned amenities lying within the subdivision shall be held as undivided interests by the owners of lots within the subdivision, each of whom jointly and severally shall be charged with proper care and maintenance of such property through a lawfully established association of lot owners approved by the county and recorded with the final plat documents. One-half (½) of the standard parking requirement for the improved subject amenity shall be provided on site.

906.1. Licensed Recreational Equipment and Boat Storage.

May be parked or stored on open space amenity lots, subject to the following:

(a)

Parking or storage of recreational vehicles or boats shall be limited to vehicles or boats owned by the owners or occupants of the development.

(b)

Maintenance of recreational equipment or boats shall not be permitted with the exception of cleaning or replacement of tires, batteries, spark plugs or other minor repairs which do not involve the exchange of engine parts or paint or body work.

(c)

At no time while parked or stored shall sewer or electrical service connections be attached to a recreational vehicle or boat, except that electrical service connections may be attached for a maximum of forty-eight (48) hours prior to and in preparation for departure from the property.

(d)

All boats, except canoes and boats less than twelve (12) feet in length, must be on a boat trailer.

(e)

Storage areas must have a dust free parking surface.

(f)

Storage areas must be accessible only from internal to the subdivision.

(g)

Storage areas must be fenced by a minimum six-foot privacy fence.

(h)

Storage areas fenced compound must be separated from adjacent residential uses and external roadways by a minimum of thirty (30) feet landscape buffer. Storage areas fenced compound must be separated from internal roadways by a minimum of twenty (20) feet landscape buffer. Said landscape buffer needs to meet at a minimum the supplemental buffer requirements in Article V Section 527 Landscape, Buffer and Tree Preservation of this Ordinance.

(i)

In order for an Open Space Area to qualify for use as storage it must either be labeled as "Recreational Equipment and Boat Storage" on the original recorded plat for that phase of the subdivision or the homeowners association must apply for and receive a special exception by the Zoning Board of Appeals.

(Ord. No. 137-98, § 1, 1-19-99; Ord. No. 26-11, § 3, 5-17-11)