The location of off street parking spaces in relation to the use served shall be as hereinafter prescribed. All distances specified shall be walking distances between such parking spaces and a main entrance to the use served. Required parking spaces shall be provided in the same or a less restricted zoning district.
A. Uses In A Residence District: Parking spaces accessory to dwellings shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. Spaces accessory to uses other than dwellings may be located on an adjacent lot or directly across a street or alley from the lot occupied by the use served, but in no case at a distance in excess of three hundred feet (300') from such use.
B. Uses In Business And Manufacturing Districts: All required parking spaces shall be within six hundred feet (600') of the use served, except for spaces accessory to dwelling units (except those located in a transient hotel) which shall be within three hundred feet (300') of the use served. However, no parking spaces accessory to a use in a business or manufacturing district shall be located in a residence district except that private, free, off street parking accessory to such uses and municipal parking lots may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the provisions of chapter 12 of this title within two hundred feet (200') of and adjacent to any business or industrial district. (Ord. 80-2-0, 12-1979)
C. Recreational Vehicles:
1. Definitions: A recreational vehicle is any vehicle or other similar facility used primarily for recreational purposes. Such vehicles include utility trailers, pickup coaches, camper trailers, motorized homes, boats and rafts. For the purpose of administering subsection C2 of this section, the following definitions shall be applicable:
BOAT, RAFT: Any unit that is used for water travel or pleasure.
CAMPER TRAILER: A vehicle without motive power designed to be towed and designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel or recreational use.
MOTORIZED HOME: A portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
PICKUP COACH: A structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational or vacation uses.
UTILITY TRAILER: A trailer that is an unpowered vehicle pulled or towed by a powered vehicle such as a car or truck. The trailer has wheels and can be built as a flatbed open air trailer or as an enclosed trailer with shelving units or specialty equipment built in. This type of trailer is meant to haul some sort of equipment, for recreational use.
(Ord. 15-46-0, 10-28-2015)
2. Parking Requirements: The parking and storage of utility trailers, pickup coaches, camper trailers, motorized homes, boats and rafts in any residential district containing a single-family detached dwelling shall be subject to the following regulations, except that recreational vehicles that cannot meet the parking requirements of this title may be parked in the front or corner side yard for a period not to exceed two (2) years from the date of the adoption of this title. After two (2) years from the date of adoption of this title, the following shall apply to all other recreational vehicles:
a. Recreational vehicles shall not be stored within the front and corner side yard, except that recreational vehicles may be temporarily parked for trip preparation and unloading purposes.
b. Recreational vehicles may be stored within a required interior side yard, but not closer than five feet (5') from the lot line in the R-1 district and three feet (3') from the lot line in the other residential districts, provided that adequate screening of nondeciduous plants or opaque fencing on three (3) sides not less than five feet (5') in height is installed and properly maintained.
c. A recreational vehicle may be stored in the open in a required rear yard provided that adequate screening of nondeciduous plants or opaque fencing not less than five feet (5') in height and no longer than the recreational vehicle itself is installed and properly maintained.
d. No more than one recreational vehicle may be stored in the open on a zoning lot, except a boat that can be transported within or on top of a camper or motor vehicle and that does not exceed fourteen feet (14') in length, three feet (3') in width and twenty inches (20") in height. Except in the R-1 and R-7 residential zoning districts, utility trailers shall not exceed seven feet (7') in height, or twelve feet (12') in length, or four thousand (4,000) pounds in gross weight. Utility trailers exceeding the size restrictions shall not be stored or parked in any other residential district containing a single-family detached dwelling unit. Length of a utility trailer shall be measured from the front to the back of the vehicle or equipment, and shall include all appurtenances, accessories and attachments.
e. No recreational vehicle may be parked in any business district.
f. No recreational vehicle may be parked in any manufacturing district which vehicle is not registered in the name of a person, firm or corporation licensed to do business in the city at the location upon which the vehicle is parked; provided, however, nothing herein shall prohibit the parking of recreational vehicles belonging to bona fide employees of such licensed person, firm or corporation when such vehicles are used solely for transportation to and from employment and which are parked upon such premises during such employees' presence thereon in the course of their employment.
g. The recreational vehicle must be properly licensed if required by the state, and registered to the particular location in which it is situated. (Ord. 16-30-0, 6-22-2016)