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The following activities are exempt from the permit requirements of this chapter, but shall comply with other substantive requirements of this chapter, unless specifically noted otherwise:

A. Garage sales and yard sales; provided, that the following are complied with:

1. Sales last no longer than three days;

2. Sales are conducted on the owner’s property. Multiple-family sales are permitted if they are held on the property of no more than three contiguous properties of the participants;

3. Signs shall comply with Chapter 18.56 ACC (Signs), as applicable, and must be removed within 24 hours of completion of the sale;

B. City-sponsored events and activities;

C. Uses regulated or exempted by Chapter 18.60 ACC (Home Occupations);

D. Fireworks stands operating under a permit issued by the city of Auburn and the fire marshal’s office;

E. The placement of uses and structures in response to a proclamation of civil emergency pursuant to ACC 2.75.070 to provide emergency services to individual citizens or property owners or businesses;

F. City improvement projects pursuant to ACC 18.02.040(E);

G. Temporary offices, construction staging, equipment storage and other similar activities on a site upon which public buildings or structures are being constructed, remodeled or otherwise modified;

H. On a residential property that already has a permitted single-family residence, the use of one recreational vehicle for temporary living when not associated with active construction of a single-family dwelling shall be allowed for not more than 15 calendar days in any calendar year; provided, that the director may grant extensions utilizing the provisions of ACC 18.46A.100(B) for up to an additional 15 days. Use of one recreational vehicle on a property with a single-family residence for more than 15 calendar days in any calendar year, plus an additional period of up to 15 days if extended by the director, shall be considered prima facie evidence of being detrimental to the neighborhood. Recreational vehicles that are utilized for temporary living shall be registered with the city of Auburn, without fee, prior to starting in order to monitor compliance with the 15-day limitation(s). (Ord. 6565 § 3, 2015; Ord. 6268 § 2, 2009.)