(a) The intent of this section is to limit and prohibit the parking in residential areas of the city of trucks or other vehicles that are primarily designed for commercial use and not primarily designed as passenger vehicles and:
(1) To eliminate the visual blight created by large commercial vehicles being parked in residential areas overnight (from dusk to dawn) or for long periods of time;
(2) To minimize physical damage to publicly maintained rights-of-way;
(3) To protect property values and character of property within residential areas;
(4) To reduce traffic congestion; and
(5) To protect children from traffic injuries.
(b) It is hereby declared unlawful for any individual to park, cause to be parked or allow to be parked any of the following vehicles for a longer period than fifteen (15) minutes or to allow the vehicle motor or any accessory refrigeration or cooling motor running in any area of the city zoned for single- or two-family residential use as defined on the city’s official zoning map or along any street that fronts such residential area without regard to the zoning classification:
(1) Any truck, truck cab, truck trailer, farm, or construction vehicle or heavy equipment, semi-tractor, bus, dump truck, or wrecker/tow truck;
(2) Any motor vehicle with more than two (2) axles excluding a recreational vehicle;
(3) Any motor vehicle having a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) greater than 16,000 pounds excluding a recreational vehicle; and
(4) Any truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) between 14,000 pounds and 16,001 pounds that has been designed or modified for commercial moving, shipping, or trucking purposes (i.e. “box” truck).
(c) Exceptions to the above standards, excluding the running of motors, are limited to the following:
(1) When in connection with the actual loading or unloading of such vehicle, delivering of goods or services, and/or construction activity pursuant to permitted improvements to the property; and
(2) Recreational vehicles, which are regulated separately from this section of the city code.
(3) The term truck does not include pick-up trucks that would otherwise comply with the restrictions within divisions (b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4) above.
(d) A violation of this section of the city code constitutes a municipal ordinance violation and is subject to penalties as set forth in this city code. The city may prosecute violations by issuance of notices to appear for violation of a city ordinance, in which case, the penalty for a violation shall be as follows:
(1) First violation - $100.00.
(2) Second violation - $200.00.
(3) Third or more violations - $500.00 per violation.
(4) Each calendar day on which a violation exists shall constitute a separate violation for the purpose of determining the fine.
(Code 1958, § 29-4; Ord. No. 81-10, § 1, 4-7-81; Ord. No. 89-3, § 1, 2-21-89; Ord. No. 93-6, § 1, 5-4-93; Ord. No. 93-36, § 1, 9-21-93; Ord. No. 19-017, § 2, 5-21-19)
Cross reference- Zoning ordinance, App. A.
Notes
| Zoning ordinance, App. A. | This cross reference does not exist in the code. - Folio Legal Editor |