(A) For purposes of this section, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE shall include commercial motor vehicles, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, pole trailers, truck-tractors, trailers, and semitrailers.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or store, or allow to be parked or stored, any commercial vehicle upon any public street, parkway, boulevard, public place, public right-of-way, parking lot, public parking lot, or railroad right-of-way within the corporate limits of the city.
(C) Any commercial vehicle left in violation of this section for more than 48 hours is subject to the additional enforcement action, including but not limited to removal and impoundment, by the Chief of Police, or any member of the Police Department designated by the Chief of Police, applicable to § 71.01 for abandoned vehicles.
(D) This section is not intended to apply to, and it shall be an affirmative defense under this section that the commercial vehicle described in this section is:
(1) Parked or standing in such zoned areas for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading passengers, freight or merchandise;
(2) Parked or standing at a lawfully zoned business establishment, wherein such vehicle is utilized as an integral part of such lawfully zoned business;
(3) Street construction equipment, maintenance and repair equipment or trucks, rollers and implements, equipment trailers or vehicles used by public service utility companies engaged in repairing or extending public service utilities when used, or intended for use, in the general vicinity;
(4) Utilized by the city (its employees or contractors) in constructing, maintaining, or repairing public infrastructure or in the scope of their employment;
(5) Experiencing mechanical difficulties or defects and are receiving emergency repairs, or are parked in line awaiting repairs or maintenance outside from a business that provides such repairs or maintenance if the driver remains with the commercial vehicle;
(6) Parked upon an approved parking surface within an area zoned industrial according to the city zoning ordinance or is parked at a lawfully zoned business establishment, wherein such commercial vehicle is utilized as an integral part of such lawfully zoned business;
(7) A passenger bus or commercial vehicle parked on a parking lot in an area designated by the owner of the parking lot for the parking of buses or commercial vehicles, and with the consent of the owner, during such period as the bus passengers or operator of the commercial vehicle are attending an event at a facility zoned for such activities, or are customers at a retail center or business establishment, or, in the case of a hotel or motel, during such periods of time that the bus passengers or operator of the commercial vehicle are customers of the hotel or motel;
(8) Parked in a designated area at an exhibit or exhibition hall, convention center, entertainment, or similar facility when the commercial vehicle is involved in the delivery and removal of equipment, products, merchandise, livestock or other items to and from the facility; or
(9) A truck or trailer, each individually, no greater than 26 feet in length, bumper to bumper being used for the purpose of transporting personal property from one location to another and parked for less than 48 hours.
(Ord. OR-2327-23, passed 11-13-23)