It is unlawful to park or store on any public street, an open-bed or enclosed trailer, boat trailer, camper trailer, utility trailer, or any other type of trailer, farm vehicle or farm equipment, construction materials or equipment, or commercial vehicle.
(A) (1) For the purpose of this section, a COMMERCIAL VEHICLE is defined as:
(a) Any vehicle with Minnesota license plates carrying a designation of “BY” (bus, except as provided below), “CZ” (commercial zone truck); or
(b) Any vehicle with Minnesota license plates carrying a designation of “Y” (truck with Minnesota base plate) or “T” (farm truck), and displaying on the lower right corner of the license plate any gross vehicle weight designation of “G” through “T”; or
(c) Any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 12,000 pounds except passenger-type trucks and vans; or
(d) Vehicles meeting the definition of "commercial vehicles" in § 152.008 of the City Code.
(2) Commercial vehicles described above shall include but are not limited to buses, dump trucks, tow trucks, truck-tractors, step vans, cube vans, delivery trucks and the like.
(B) Open-bed or enclosed trailers, boat trailers, camper trailers, utility trailers, or any other type of trailers, farm vehicles, farm equipment, construction equipment, and commercial vehicles are subject to all other provisions of this section; however, the prohibitions of this section do not apply to the following:
(1) If such trailers, vehicles, or equipment are actually in the process of being loaded or unloaded, up to a maximum time period of 48 hours.
(2) Commercial vehicles that are directly ancillary to construction and parked within 1,000 feet of the related construction site.
(3) Vehicles licensed with disability plates, or displaying a disability parking certificate.
(4) One-ton passenger vans used solely for transporting persons.
(5) Vehicles with Minnesota license plates carrying a designation of “SB” (school bus).
('72 Code, § 725:32) (Ord. 1993-720, passed 5-24-93; Am. Ord. 2003-1008, passed 11-3-03; Am. Ord. 2009-1100, passed 5-26-09; Am. Ord. 2010-1116, passed 7-6-10) Penalty, see § 10.99