(a) No person shall cause or permit to stand, park or permit to be parked, any school bus, commercial tractor, agricultural tractor, bus, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or any vehicle classified as Class 4 through Class 8 by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (see Chapter 351 Exhibit A) on any street within a Business District of the City of Lorain, Ohio.
(1) The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to a temporary purpose incidental to performing maintenance or repair services at or upon premises adjacent to the street or otherwise during the time reasonably necessary for loading or discharging property or passengers, emergencies, due to accidents, motor failure or acts of God for a period not to exceed eight (8) hours.
(2) For the purpose of the foregoing provision, “commercial vehicles” are hereby defined as:
A. Motor vehicles bearing the vehicle identification number as set forth in the most recent editions of the National Auto Theft Bureau Commercial Vehicle Identification Manual and the National Commercial Vehicle and Offroad Equipment Identification Manual; or
B. Any vehicle classified as Class 4 through Class 8 by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.
(b) No person shall cause or permit to stand, park or permit to be parked, any school bus, commercial tractor, agricultural tractor, bus, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, moving van, truck trailer or any vehicle classified as Class 4 through Class 8 by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, or vehicle bearing commercial vehicle license plates in or upon any driveway, side yard or rear yard unless enclosed within a garage or similar structure, or permitted to stand or park in or upon any public street or roadway within a Residential District in the City of Lorain, except commercial trucks used for moving (e.g., moving trucks used for persons moving from one residence to another) may remain in residential driveways for up to forty-eight (48) hours.
(1) The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to temporary parking of such vehicles for the purposes incidental to performing maintenance or repair, motor failure or acts of God, upon the premises or for loading or unloading or otherwise, for a period of time not to exceed four (4) hours, and the parking of such vehicles at commercial truck terminals, construction and demolition sites, retail/commercial places of business if they are parked in a loading dock or for emergency repairs shall be permitted.
(2) For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, “commercial vehicles” are hereby defined as:
A. Motor vehicles bearing the vehicle identification number as set forth in the most recent editions of the National Auto Theft Bureau Commercial Vehicle Identification Manual and the National Commercial Vehicle and Offroad Equipment Identification Manual; or
B. Any vehicle classified as Class 4 through Class 8 by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.
(c) The penalty for violations of this section shall be set forth in Section 351.99.
(Ord. 128-19. Passed 10-7-19.)