(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, certain terms and words are hereby defined:
(1) "Driveway" means the principle means of egress, not exceeding sixteen feet in width, into a property from the traveled portion of a road right-of-way, upon which grass or other ground cover vegetation is not nurtured.
(2) "Front yard" means the area between any portion of a residential structure and the street line.
(3) "Residential district" means any district in the Village zoned primarily for residential purposes on the current adopted Zoning Map.
(b) Parking Prohibited. No person shall park or leave unattended or suffer to remain parked or left unattended, a vehicle wholly or partly within a front yard in a residential district, unless such vehicle is wholly within a driveway.
(c) Registered Owner Responsibility. If any vehicle is found to be in violation of this section, the owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
(d) Exceptions. The provision of this section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while in use for emergency purposes; or to construction equipment when such equipment can effectively operate only from within such front yard.
(Ord. 1988-76. Passed 10-3-88.)
(e) Penalty. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.