(A) Recreational vehicle parking and storage.
(1) Parking any recreational vehicle on any street, alley, highway, or other public place is not allowed in the town. A recreational vehicle cannot be used as a dwelling.
(2) In any residential or agricultural district, a recreational vehicle may be stored inside a garage or barn or stored outdoors on a paved area located behind the front building facade and outside of the required side yard and rear yard setbacks.
(3) A recreational vehicle may be parked on a paved area in the front yard for up to 48 consecutive hours for loading, unloading, cleaning, packing, unpacking, or similar maintenance or preparations.
(4) Temporary occupancy of a recreational vehicle for up to 48 hours in any 30-day period may be permitted if the recreational vehicle contains sleeping accommodations, is parked on a paved surface on a lot in a residential district and is for the use of the owner of that lot or guests of the owner.
(B) Storage and repair of vehicles.
(1) The repair, restoration, and maintenance of vehicles in any residential district must be conducted entirely within an enclosed building, except for activities are completed in less than 24 hours. All this repair must take place on private property and may not be conducted within the public right-of-way.
(2) Open storage or parking of all or part of any inoperable motor vehicle, machinery, or equipment, outside of an enclosed garage or building, is not allowed for more than 48 hours. For the purposes of this section, an inoperable motor vehicle includes any motor vehicle incapable of being propelled under its own power, is unsafe for operation on the streets and highways of this state or does not have a current license and registration as required for operation by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(3) Semi-truck tractors and/or semi-truck trailers, bulldozers, earth carriers, cranes or similar equipment or machinery cannot be stored or parked outside a building unless parked for purposes of construction on that lot, except that a semi-truck tractor may be parked in a driveway of a residential district for up to 48 hours in any 30-day period.
(4) In the AG District, the owner, tenant, or lessee of any lot may openly store or park semi-truck tractors and/or semi-truck trailers outside of a building for up to 20 days within any 30-day period. Those vehicles must be parked so vision of drivers is not impaired on or entering adjacent streets.
(Ord. 2022-17, passed 7-19-2022)