Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 8.30 OUTDOOR STORAGE OR ACCUMULATION OF MATERIALS
8.30.010 Nuisances enumerated.
Each of the following conditions, unless otherwise expressly permitted by
law, is declared to constitute a public nuisance on all unincorporated lands of
Skamania County:
A. The outside accumulation of more than two cubic yards of
waste, rubbish and trash, including but not limited to bottles, cans, glass,
wire, broken crockery, broken plaster, and any other similar abandoned,
discarded or unused material, which is visible from an adjacent property or
road, unless kept in covered bins or covered receptacles.
B. The outside
storage of abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment, including but
not limited to tires, household furniture, stoves, refrigerators and freezers,
which are visible from an adjacent property or road.
C. The outside storage
for more than sixty consecutive days of more than five yards of any used or
unused building materials which are visible from an adjacent property or road;
provided, that nothing herein shall:
1. Prohibit such storage when done in
conjunction with a construction project for which a building permit has been
issued and which, in the opinion of the county, is being pursued diligently to
completion or, when the proposed construction does not require a building permit
subject to Title 15 of this code, the construction, in the opinion of the
county, is being diligently pursued to completion;
2. Prohibit storage upon
the premises of a bona fide lumber yard, dealer in building materials, or other
commercial enterprise when the same is permitted under the zoning ordinance and
other applicable law;
3. Make lawful any storage when it is prohibited by
other ordinances or laws.
D. The presence for more than thirty consecutive
days of junk motor vehicles, as defined in RCW 46.55.010 (4), or unattached
motor vehicle parts that are visible from an adjacent road or other public or
private property. (Ord. 1989-04 § 1; Ord. 1989-02 § 1)
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