351.14 PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE, RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, MOTOR HOME, AGRICULTURAL OR COMMERCIAL TRACTOR, BOATS AND COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL TRAILERS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND PROHIBITION AGAINST DWELLING IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE UNLESS LOCATED IN A RV PARK OR COMMUNITY.
(a) Commercial Vehicles.
(1) For the purpose of this section, a commercial vehicle includes any bus, school bus, commercial tractor, commercial trailer, agricultural tractor, semitrailer, pole trailer, or any truck, van or vehicle larger than one-ton capacity.
(2) Other than for the purpose of deliveries, ongoing work by contractors and repairmen at the site where the work is being performed, a commercial vehicle shall not be parked on any street, City right of way or private property within the residential districts of the City.
(b) Recreational Vehicles.
(1) For purposes of this section, a recreational vehicle means any vehicle or equipment designed for or primarily used as a camper, motor home, horse trailer, watercraft, off road vehicle, snowmobile or any non-commercial trailer.
(2) A recreational vehicle of 28 feet or less may be parked on a City street or right of way in a residential district on a temporary basis two times a year for a maximum two days at a time for a period not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours. The recreational vehicle may be parked either attached or detached from its towing vehicle only in an area that immediately abuts the owner's or lawful occupant's property, and on the same side of the street with the permission of the owner/lawful occupant of the residence where the vehicle is parked. Upon request, and if no neighbor within 200 feet has stated an objection, the police may allow an additional 48 hours in each two-day time frame.
(3) No recreational vehicle in excess of 28 feet in length may be parked on a City street or right of way for more than four hours in a residential zoned district or more than 24 hours in a business, commercial, industrial, or manufacturing zoned district.
(4) Except for recreational vehicles parked at the Tuscarawas County Fair Grounds for periods of time permitted by the Tuscarawas County Commissioners or the Tuscarawas County Fair Board and, notwithstanding any other provision of the Dover Codified Ordinances, no recreational vehicle shall be used as a residence or living quarter in the city of Dover unless it is in a recreational vehicle park or community approved by the Dover planning commission.
(5) Except for subsection DCO 351.14 (a) and (b)(1), (2), (3), and (4), no person shall dwell in a recreational vehicle in the Municipality unless it is located in an RV Park or Community approved by the City of Dover Planning Commission. No RV is permitted to be used as living quarters anywhere in the Municipality, whether located separately or congregated with others which total less than five in number.
(7) Penalty and waiver: Except for a violation of Section 351.14, any violation of a parking restriction contained in Chapter 351 or 303 of the Dover Codified Ordinances, the fine shall be ten dollars ($10.00) if paid within 24 hours of the citation at the Dover Police Department and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) thereafter ( see DCO 351.99).
(8) For violations of Section 351.14, the first violation shall be a minor misdemeanor; for the second violation the violation shall be a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Each day shall constitute a separate violation.
If fines and penalties of DCO 351.14 (b) (7) are not paid within 48 hours of their assessment, then the owner's commercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, motor home, agricultural or commercial tractor, boats and commercial and non-commercial trailers may be towed. If towed to City property, the storage fee shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per day. In addition to all fines and other penalties, the owner of the commercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, motor home, agricultural or commercial tractor, boats, and commercial and non-commercial trailers shall pay before the property is removed from impoundment, all towing and storage costs. If the owner of the property fails to pay these costs or fines, the commercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, motor home, agricultural or commercial tractor, boats and commercial and non-commercial trailers may be sold by the City by the means selected, including the annual City auction. The owner must sign the title of the vehicle over to the City within two weeks of the notice to do so which notice can be served by personal service, certified mail, or ordinary mail with delivery confirmation, if the owner can be found and by publication as authorized by law, and on the City's web site if the owner cannot be found.
Failure of the owner to sign the title over to the City within two weeks of the notice shall constitute a minor misdemeanor on the first day and a fourth-degree misdemeanor on each subsequent day until the owner signs over the vehicle title. In addition to the required assignment of the title to the City, the owner remains liable for all vehicle towing and storage costs. The remedies enumerated herein are in addition to any other remedies available in law or equity.
(Ord. 3-19. Passed 3-4-19.)