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4 <br />The storage of junked or wrecked motor vehicles is specifically <br />prohibited in all residential districts. This section does not apply <br />to any motor vehicle in an enclosed building which building <br />conforms to applicable building code and zoning regulations or <br />which building lawfully exists as anon-conforming use under <br />applicable building code and zoning regulations. <br />Junked or Wrecked Motor Vehicles are defined in the Zoning <br />Ordinance as: <br />Motor vehicles which do not display a current license plate or a <br />current registration sticker and which do not display a current <br />inspection sticker issued by or in the same state as the license plate <br />or registration sticker and which either.• (a) are partially <br />dismantled or wrecked, or (b) cannot be self-propelled or moved in <br />the manner in which originally intended to move. <br />Many promises to correct the violations have been received from Ms. <br />Pratt, and several extensions have been given over the years. Most <br />recent site inspections reveal no action being taken to bring the property <br />into compliance. <br />If assessments were made at $100 per day (the maximum allowed by the <br />Zoning Ordinance), civil penalties on October 6, 1998, would amount to <br />nearly $15,000. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the Board of County <br />Commissioners consider assessing civil penalties in amount of $2,000 <br />payable within 30 days of the assessment. If the amount is not paid <br />within that time, and/or the property is not brought into compliance, the <br />case should be turned over to the County Attorney to take appropriate <br />action. <br />