Storage and parking of recreational equipment within all residentially zoned districts shall comply with the following:
(a) Storage or parking shall not be permitted on vacant lots or parcels, except as approved by the Zoning Administrator.
(b) All such vehicles shall remain unoccupied and shall not be connected to sanitary sewer facilities or have a fixed connection to electricity, water or gas, except that the parking and occupancy of a recreational vehicle on private property shall be permitted for a period not to exceed two (2) weeks, and not to exceed four (4) times a year.
(c) Any recreational equipment shall be parked or stored, unless otherwise permitted hereafter, in the following manner:
(1) In an enclosed building, such as a garage; or
(2) In the rear yard, or the side yard, subject to the following limitations:
A. The recreational equipment shall be parked or stored no closer than three (3) feet from any window or door of any residential building; and
B. The recreational equipment shall be parked completely within the boundaries of the lot and shall not block a public sidewalk where such public sidewalk exists.
(3) Upon an established driveway in the front yard, provided parking or storage in an enclosed building is not possible, and there is no parking or storage space available in the rear yard or side yard, or there is no reasonable access to either the rear yard or side yard, subject to the following limitations:
A. The recreational equipment shall be parked completely within the boundaries of the lot or parcel and shall not block a public sidewalk where such public sidewalk exists.
B. No more than two (2) items of recreational equipment shall be permitted to be parked or stored upon any established driveway at any one time. For purposes of this limitation, recreational equipment used in conjunction with other recreational equipment, such as a boat mounted on a boat trailer, shall be considered as one (1) item of recreational equipment.
C. At no time shall any unmounted camper enclosure or any boat not mounted on a boat trailer be permitted to be parked or stored in the front yard or upon any established driveway.
D. Parking of recreational equipment in the driveway shall not prevent the off-street parking requirements set forth in Section 10.03 from being met.
(d) Other than in an enclosed building, no person shall park or store more than two (2) items of recreational equipment upon any one-family residential lot or parcel in a one-family residential area.
(e) Recreational and camping equipment may be parked anywhere on the owner's premises for loading or unloading purposes for a period of not more than forty-eight (48) hours.
(f) Recreational equipment must be kept in good repair and carry a prior or current year's license plate and/or registration.
(g) Where, by reason of exceptional shallowness or shape of a specific lot, field, site or tract of land, or by reason of exceptional topographic conditions or other extraordinary and exceptional situations or conditions of such particular property, a regulation enacted would result in peculiar and exceptional practical difficulties to or undue hardship upon the owner of recreational equipment, the Board of Zoning Appeals may permit a variance from the provisions of this article upon application of the owner.
(h) Recreational equipment may not be stored or parked overnight on any public highway, street or alley for a period in excess of forty-eight (48) hours.