The provision of open or enclosed storage of vehicles or trailers in a residential, commercial, planned residential, or planned commercial zoning district shall be subject to the following:
(a) Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Commercial Vehicle" means any vehicle designed to be used for business or commercial purposes including but not limited to buses, cement trucks, commercial tree trimming equipment, construction equipment, dump trucks, garbage trucks, panel trucks, semi tractors, semi-trailers, or other commercial trailers, stake bed trucks, step vans, tank trucks, tow trucks, or other commercial vehicles eligible to be licensed by the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles as a commercial vehicle or truck.
(2) "Residential Vehicle" means any vehicle or equipment designed for or primarily used for recreational purposes including but not limited to travel trailers, motor homes, truck campers, tent trailers, boats, boat trailers, snowmobiles, snowmobile trailers, utility trailers, recreational trailers, or other trailers designed for the purpose of carrying recreational vehicles.
(b) Commercial Vehicles.
(1) No Commercial Vehicle shall be parked on any street, alley, lot, highway or right-of-way, except for loading and unloading.
(2) No motor vehicle shall be parked with its engine running for more than twenty (20) consecutive minutes.
(3) Trucks having more than two (2) axles, or weighing more than three (3) tons, designed for the transportation of cargo or commercial use and including tractor-trucks, school buses, trailers, or semitrailers shall not be permitted to be parked on a street, alley, or lot in a residential area, except for loading and unloading.
(4) In Neighborhood Commercial (NC) and General Commercial (GC) Districts, overnight parking of Commercial Vehicles weighing over five (5) tons is prohibited. A screened parking area or garage shall be provided in the rear set back and the vehicles shall be owned or leased by the establishment on which premises they are parked. Such parking requires prior approval by the Planning and Zoning Board.
(5) No motor vehicle shall be parked on a sidewalk or within twenty (20) feet of an intersection is prohibited.
(c) Travel Trailers, or Other Trailer or Motor Home. Travel trailers, or other trailers or motor homes shall not be permitted to be parked on any street, alley, or highway or right-of-way, except for loading and unloading.
(d) Recreational Vehicle Parking. Recreational Vehicles shall be parked in the rear setback in any Zoning District. Not more than three (3) Recreational Vehicles shall be parked on any Residential (R-1 through R-5) lot. Parking of all Recreational Vehicles in commercial zoning districts is prohibited unless a screened parking area is provided and such parking is approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. Recreational Vehicles may be parked in driveways and side setbacks during the months of April through October with appropriate permit application.
(e) Inoperable Vehicles. Requirements regarding inoperable vehicles are found in the Codified Ordinances of Hebron.
(f) Garages Required. Garages shall be required in all residential districts subject to the following minimum standards:
(1) All single-family dwellings shall have a 2 car enclosed garage. (400 sq. ft. min.)
(2) For multi-family dwellings, at least one (1) space shall be provided in a completely enclosed garage for each dwelling unit provided, however, that carports may be provided in lieu of completely enclosed garages with the approval of the Planning and Zoning Board.
(Ord. 19-20. Passed 11-4-20.)