(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, station, or store any truck in excess of one ton load capacity, trailer, semi-trailer, commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle, motor home, boat, trailer or any construction equipment, on any portion of any street, highway, or alleyway within R-LD, R-MD, R-MF, O-R Districts and Residential SPD Districts and in other districts where a residential use is principally or conditionally permitted in the City except in those cases where such parking, stationing or storing of such vehicle or equipment is necessary for the purpose of making a pickup, delivery or service call at a premises abutting such street or for actively performing construction services on any such premises, or for undertaking construction pursuant to a public works project approved by the City. In any residential district, the parking of recreational vehicles, motor homes, boats and trailers may be permitted on the driveway of the front yard for a maximum of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours for cleaning, maintenance, loading and unloading purposes. A visitor’s residential vehicle or motor home may be parked and occupied on the driveway of any residential property for a period of time not to exceed seven (7) days in any six (6) month period. Such visitor shall be a guest of the residential property owner. No business shall be conducted using, or within, a residential vehicle or motor home, while it is parked on residential premises.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, station or store any truck in excess of one ton load capacity, trailer, semi-trailer, commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle, motor home, or boat in front of or on any portion of the front yard of any real property located within R-LD, R-MD, R-MF, O-R Districts and Residential SPD Districts and in other districts where a residential use is principally or conditionally permitted in the City. Any such truck in excess of one ton load capacity, trailer, semi-trailer, commercial vehicle, motor home, boat or recreational vehicle must be parking behind the front corner of a house located upon such premises, which corner is closest to the property line. On corner lots, such truck in excess of one ton load capacity, trailer, semi-trailer, motor home, commercial vehicle, boat or recreational vehicle must be parked, stationed or stored in the rear or side yard of such property, provided that any such parking area as defined in Section 351.03(020).
(Ord. 2014-113. Passed 12-2-14.)
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, station or store any construction equipment on any portion of any lot within a residential zoning district of the City, except those cases where such parking, stationing or storing of equipment is necessary for the purpose of actively performing construction services upon the lot pursuant to a valid permit issued by the City.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) “Construction equipment” includes any equipment, whether self-propelled, having wheels or not, which is designed to be used for earth moving or in the provision of construction services, which such equipment includes but is not limited to tractors, bulldozers, earthmovers, generators, pumps, compressors, manual or motorized cement mixers, forms, vehicle transportation trailers, and similar items.
(2) “Recreational vehicle” includes any equipment, whether self-propelled, having wheels or designed to be inserted into the bed of a truck, one of whose purposes is to provide shelter or sleeping accommodations away from the owner’s residence. Such term does not, however, includes vans or pick-up trucks which do not exceed 9 ½ feet in height, with alterations or campers attached.
(e) Each separate act of parking, stationing or storing any such vehicle and/or equipment in violation of this section, and each calendar day on which such parking, stationing or storing continues shall be deemed a separate violation of this section.
(f) This section shall not apply to any vehicle or equipment while in use by the City, nor for a period of 24 hours following the onset of disability to vehicles or equipment which have become disabled.
(g) Notwithstanding the above, the Director of Safety may establish and mark by appropriate signs areas of the streets, highways, or alleyways in which parking prohibited by this section may be permitted.
(Ord. 1992-56. Passed 8-11-92.)
(h) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.