(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a commercial truck having a gross weight of more than four tons within 500 feet of any residence in the city for longer than 30 minutes, except as for the purpose of loading or unloading.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park any motor vehicle having a gross weight of more than four tons or having a width of more than seven feet or a motor vehicle with the rate capacity of one ton or more, or a motor vehicle with a length of over 20 feet upon, along or over any street or thoroughfare within the city, except for any motor vehicle in the process of loading or unloading and except for any municipal vehicle owned or used by the city in the performance of municipal functions.
(C) It shall be unlawful to run any motor, refrigeration compressor or any other type of mechanical device or any engine within 500 feet of an occupied residential structure during the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following day. Such motor, refrigeration compressor or any other type of mechanical device or any engine may not be connected to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilities, and at no time shall this equipment be used for living or housekeeping purposes.
(D) It shall be unlawful, in a predominantly residential area, for any semi-truck or semi-trailer to be stored in any off-street parking area except when loading or unloading, or unless in an approved loading or unloading area, or in a motel-hotel lot when its owner or driver is registered as a guest.
(E) It shall be unlawful, in a predominantly residential area, to park any trucks, trailers and motor vehicles having a gross weight in excess of four tons which is designed, manufactured or used predominantly for commercial purposes in any residential district, except for the process of loading or unloading.
(F) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, trucks, trailers and motor vehicles designed, manufactured or used predominantly for commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, wreckers, dump trucks, tracked vehicles, buses, construction vehicles, septic tank trucks, equipment vehicles and carriers, bottling works, delivery trucks, grain trucks and refrigerated trucks, are prohibited from parking on public streets in residential districts unless they are loading, unloading or are being used for the purpose for which it was built.
(1960 Code, § 52.517) (Ord. 5833, passed 1-20-1998; Ord. 5717, passed 3-17-1997) Penalty, see § 74.99