A. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, park, or store any nonrecreational motorized or tow type vehicle or equipment in any residential zoned district in the Village except as provided in this section.
B. The parking and storage of nonrecreational motorized and tow type vehicles shall be permitted within the front yard of property in residential zoned districts provided that such vehicles adhere to the following size restrictions:
1. The overall length of the vehicle or combination of vehicles, including the tongue of any trailer does not exceed a length of twenty five feet (25').
2. The overall height, including temporary appurtenances, shall not exceed eight feet (8').
3. The overall width shall not exceed nine feet (9').
For the purpose of these regulations, when a tandem axle trailer is hitched to an otherwise permitted tow vehicle, the length of the overall combination of vehicles cannot exceed twenty five feet (25'). No such combination vehicle, regardless of its length, shall be permitted to overhang or block the public sidewalk.
The temporary parking of school buses exceeding the above referenced dimensions for height and width, but not exceeding an overall length of twenty five feet (25'), shall be permitted within the front yard of property in residential zoned districts on school days between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. as long as no portion of the vehicle overhangs or blocks the public sidewalk.
C. Nonrecreational motorized and tow type vehicles in excess of any of the size limitations, may only be parked and stored in single-family residential districts in the rear lot of the building, inside a garage area, or in a side yard, not fronting a street, but behind the front building line and further provided that they conform to all other conditions contained in the zoning ordinance applicable to the parking of vehicles. Not more than one nonrecreational motorized or tow type vehicle exceeding the dimensions identified in subsection B of this section shall be parked or stored on a lot in a residential zoned district.
D. Notwithstanding the preceding regulations, it shall be unlawful to park or store the following nonrecreational vehicles or equipment within the front yard area of any residentially zoned lot: open trailers used to transport construction vehicles and equipment and/or the equipment itself including, but not limited to, landscaping and lawn maintenance equipment, bobcats, backhoes, asphalt rollers, street sweepers, wood chippers, cement mixers, generators, compressors, cabs for semi-trailers, etc., and materials, supplies and tools not affixed to an otherwise permitted vehicle, including, but not limited to, snowplow blades, ladders, scaffolding, etc. The parking of otherwise permitted vehicles with a snowplow blade attached shall be limited to the period of time between November 1 and April 30 and the vehicle to which the snowplow blade is attached shall be parked in such a manner that the snowplow blade is facing away from the public view from the street.
(Ord. 3014, 10-26-2004, eff. 5-1-2005; amd. Ord. 3537, 1-9-2018