(a) As used in this section, "recreational equipment" is defined as follows:
(1) "Travel trailer" means a nonself-propelled recreational vehicle, including tent-type fold out camping trailers, designed and constructed to be primarily used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational or vacation uses.
(2) "Motor home" means a self-propelled recreational vehicle constructed with permanently installed facilities for cold storage, cooking and consuming of food, and for sleeping.
(3) "Truck camper" means a nonself-propelled recreational vehicle without wheels or road use and designed primarily to be mounted on a pick up truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, or vacation uses. "Truck camper" does not include truck covers which consist of walls and roof but do not have floors and facilities for using same as a temporary dwelling.
(b) No person shall park, store, or permit to be parked or stored, recreational equipment on any lot or land designated within the boundaries of the zoned residential districts or on any street in a residential district, except as hereinafter provided:
(1) At no time shall any recreational equipment have fixed connections to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilities nor shall such equipment be used at any time, while parked or stored on any residential lot within the City, for living or overnight sleeping.
(2) No recreational equipment shall be parked or stored on any street in a residential district except when such parking or stopping is necessary to load or unload property and such parking or stopping shall be limited to a reasonable period of time to perform loading or unloading which time shall not exceed twenty-four hours. (Ord. 19, 1994. Passed 6-6-94.)
(3) Recreational equipment may be parked or stored on private residential property provided the recreational equipment is parked or stored in the rear or side of the front building line of the lot and provided that in all cases the parking or storage of said recreational equipment shall comply with all accessory use setback requirements. (Ord. 25, 2010. Passed 6-21-10.)
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b)(3) hereof, recreational equipment may be parked or stored anywhere on the premises, at anytime of the year, for temporary loading or unloading purposes, for a period of time not to exceed twenty-four hours.
(5) All recreational equipment shall be kept in good repair and carry a current year's license plate and registration where required by law.
(6) No person shall make or cause to be made major repairs, alterations or conversions of recreational equipment unless such repair, alteration or conversion is done in a completely enclosed garage. Repairs of a major type are herein defined to include, but are not limited to, spray painting, body, plumbing, heating, spring and frame repairs, radiator repair, major overhauling of engines, removing of motor and conversion of any other type of motor.
(7) No materials of any nature whatsoever may be stored beneath such recreational equipment.
(8) Any recreational equipment which is parked or stored outside of a garage in such approved or permitted location, the wheels shall be left on such equipment so that it may be moved in case of an emergency.
(9) No recreational equipment shall be parked or stored pursuant to this section unless it is titled to, leased or used exclusively by one of the permanent occupants of the residence where said recreational equipment is located. (Ord. 19, 1994. Passed 6-6-94.)