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6 EDWARD AND LINDA JONES ZONING CASE (ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES) PURPOSE: Consideration of assessment of civil penalties in the Edward and Linda Jones zoning case BACKGROUND: Several complaints about junk motor vehicles being stored on the property of Edward Michael and Linda G. Jones at 2313 Lonnie Circle in the Joppa Oaks Community (Tax Map No. 4.45A.C.17) have been received since July 1991. Notifications of Zoning Violation were sent to the Jones's on: July 24, 1991 (compliance on February 2, 1992); September 18, 1997 (compliance on October 10, 1997); January 20 and April 9, 1998 (no response received and no action taken). Site inspection on April 30, 1998, and subsequent inspections, reveal that the property remains in violation of Section 4.3 Permitted Use Table, S50 Storage of Goods. Outdoor and Section 6.16.7 Storage of Junked or Wrecked Motor Vehicles of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. Six motor vehicles-vans and trucks-and automotive items lying on the ground are being stored outdoors on the premises. The property is zoned R-2 Rural Residential. Storage of goods outdoors and of junked or wrecked motor vehicles are not permitted uses in the R-2 zoning district. Section 6.16.7 of the Zoning Ordinance states: The storage of junked or wrecked motor vehicles is specifccally prohibited in all residential districts. This section does not apply to any motor vehicle in an enclosed building which building conforms to applicable building code and zoning regulations or which building lawfully exists as anon-conforming use under applicable building code and zoning regulations. Junked or Wrecked Motor Vehicles are defined in the Zoning Ordinance as: Motor vehicles which do not display a current license plate or a current registration sticker and which do not display a current inspection sticker issued by or in the same state as the license plate or registration