(A) The only vehicles permitted to be parked in residential districts in the city shall be:
(1) Operable automobiles, vans, panel and pick-up trucks (up to one ton), pull-trailers (up to 100 square feet) and motorcycles, and no such automobiles, vans, panel and pick-up trucks (up to one ton), pull-trailers (up to 100 square feet), or motorcycles shall be parked other than in the driveway, or an approved surface directly connected to a driveway, street or alley of said residential districts. The parking, storage or display of motor vehicles on grass or other similar areas that do not have an approved parking surface shall not be permitted on any property.
(2) Operable recreational vehicles, campers and boats, which shall only be parked on an approved parking surface directly connected to the driveway, street or alley of said residential district but not in the street.
(B) The following vehicles that are not permitted to be parked in said residential districts include but may not be limited to: construction equipment, large pick-up or panel trucks over one ton, other large commercial vehicles, semi-trucks, truck-tractors, farm tractors, road tractors, semitrailers, and buses; or inoperable automobiles, vans, panel and pick-up trucks (up to one ton), pull-trailers (up to 100 square feet), motorcycles, recreation vehicles, campers, and boats.
(C) Permitted and prohibited parking in residential districts is summarized as follows (“Y” means yes; “N” means no):
Parking of Vehicles in Residential Districts | ||||
Driveway | Street | Alley | Yard(1) | |
Parking of Vehicles in Residential Districts | ||||
Driveway | Street | Alley | Yard(1) | |
Division (A)(1) | ||||
Operable automobiles | Y | Y | Y | N |
Operable vans (up to one ton) | Y | Y | Y | N |
Operable panel or pick-up trucks (up to one ton) | Y | Y(2) | Y | N |
Operable pull-trailers (up to 100 square feet) | Y | Y(3) | Y | N |
Operable motorcycles | Y | Y | Y | N |
Division (A)(2) | ||||
Operable recreational vehicles | Y | N | Y | N |
Operable campers, boats | Y | N | Y | N |
Division (B) | ||||
Inoperable automobiles | N | N | N | N |
Inoperable vans (up to one ton) | N | N | N | N |
Inoperable panel and pick-up trucks (up to one ton) | N | N | N | N |
Inoperable pull-trailers (up to 100 square feet) | N | N | N | N |
Inoperable motorcycles | N | N | N | N |
Inoperable recreational vehicles | N | N | N | N |
Inoperable campers, boats | N | N | N | N |
Operable or inoperable vehicles over one ton | N | N | N | N |
Operable or inoperable semi-trucks | N | N | N | N |
Operable or inoperable truck-tractors | N | N | N | N |
Operable or inoperable farm tractors | N | N | N | N |
Operable or inoperable road tractors | N | N | N | — |
Operable or inoperable semi-trailers | N | N | N | N |
Operable or inoperable pull-trailers over 100 sq. ft. | N | N | N | N |
Operable or inoperable buses | N | N | N | N |
(1) Yard includes back yard, side yard, parkways, curb or parkway overlap and areas that are not approved for parking. (2) Operable panel or pick-up trucks (up to one ton) with an overall width of more than 7' 6" shall not be parked in the street. (3) Pull-trailers not connected/hitched to an operable vehicle shall not be parked in the street. | ||||
(D) The prohibition against parking of operable automobiles, vans, panel and pick-up trucks (up to one ton), pull-trailers (up to 100 square feet), and motorcycles other than in driveways, streets or alleys in residential districts in violation of § 72.22(P) and § 72.23(A)(1) and the prohibition for all inoperable vehicles and all other operable vehicles from being parked in the driveway, alley or yard of a residential district in violation of § 72.23(B) shall be enforced by the Board of Public Works, the Board of Public Safety, Parking Enforcement, the Neighborhood Code Enforcement, and the Police Department. All other violations of § 72.22 and § 72.23 shall be enforced by the Police Department and Parking Enforcement.
(Ord. G-17-17, passed 6-27-17; Am. Ord. G-4-18, passed 3-13-18; Am. Ord. G-18-18, passed 7-10-18; Am. Ord. G-18-21, passed 11-23-21) Penalty, see § 72.99