(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow a vehicle or trailer to be parked within the front yard of a residential lot, unless said vehicle or trailer is parked on a driveway.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct a parking pad or parking area in the front yard of a residential lot.
(C) Parking pads and parking areas in front yards of residential lots, that were in place prior to 9-30-2010, may continue to be used for parking.
(D) Driveways constructed of gravel or crushed rock that were in place prior to 8-30-2010 may continue to be considered a driveway.
(E) Vehicles may not be parked on vacant lots unless said lot is immediately adjacent and under the same ownership as an abutting lot that is developed.
(F) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DRIVEWAY. A private, solid concrete or asphalt roadway or as a flat surface, solidly constructed of brick, concrete block or pavers, gravel or crushed rock, so as to create a surface that does not collect and hold water, and does not allow vegetation to grow on or through the parking surface, and which serves the garage or the rear or side yard of the property or provides access from one point of public right-of-way to another point of public right-of-way.
FRONT YARD. The open space extending across the full width of the residence between the front lot line adjoining a public street and the nearest line of the residence.
PARKING PAD or PARKING AREA. A concrete or asphalt area other than a driveway.
RESIDENTIAL LOT. Any lot used primarily for residential purposes, even if said lot or structures on said lot or structures on said lot have commercial or industrial uses.
STREET-SIDE SIDE YARD. The yard between the side of the residence and the street right-of- way, and extending entirely from the front lot line to the rear lot line of the residence.
TRAILER. A wheeled cart, wagon or platform, designed to be towed behind a vehicle as defined above.
VEHICLE. Every self-propelled land vehicle, passenger vehicle, watercraft, motor home and camper, except self-propelled chairs used by persons who are disabled and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
(Ord. 942, passed 9-13-2010)