(a) No person shall park or store within the residential districts of the City, either on public or private property, including a public street or highway, any vehicle exceeding a gross weight of five tons, or a vehicle whose dimensions exceed one of the following:
(1) No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of:
A. 104 inches for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within municipal corporations;
B. 102 inches, excluding such safety devices as are required by law, for all other passenger bus type vehicles;
C. 132 inches for traction engines;
D. 102 inches, including load, for all other vehicles.
(2) No such vehicle shall have a length in excess of:
A. 48 feet for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within municipal corporations;
B. 40 feet for all other passenger bus type vehicles;
C. 53 feet for any semitrailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer combination, with or without load;
D. 28.5 feet for any semitrailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination;
E. 65 feet for any other combination of vehicles coupled together, with or without load, except as provided in subsections (a)(2) C. and D.;
F. 40 feet for all other vehicles except trailers and semitrailers, with or without load.
(3) No such vehicle shall have a height in excess of thirteen feet six inches, with or without load;
(4) The lengths prescribed in subsections (a)(2) B. to F. hereof shall not include safety devices, bumpers attached to the front or rear of such bus or combination, B-train assembly used between the first and second semitrailer of a commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination, energy conservation devices as provided in any regulations adopted by the Secretary of the United State Department of Transportation, or any noncargo-carrying refrigeration equipment attached to the front of trailers and semitrailers.
(b) Registered Owner Responsibility. If any vehicle is found to be in violation of this section, the owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
(c) Exceptions. The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to the following: fire engines, fire trucks or other vehicles or apparatus belonging to any municipal corporation or the volunteer fire department of any municipal corporation or used by such department in the discharge of its functions; a temporary purpose incidental to performing maintenance, repair or construction to the premises, or otherwise during the time reasonably necessary for loading or discharging property or passengers; or such conduct that may be in compliance with the direction of a police officer or as otherwise may be authorized by the Mayor or the Director of Public Safety when such use does not otherwise impair the safety of other persons in the use of any public street or right-of-way or when such use does not cause blight or otherwise downgrade or detract from the character of the use district.
(d) General Penalty. Whoever violates this section within two business days of the time when the notice was issued to such vehicle shall pay to the Police Department twenty-five dollars ($25.00); upon the expiration of two business days and within seven business days of the time notice was issued to such vehicle the fine shall increase to fifty dollars ($50.00). Upon the expiration of seven business days the fine shall increase to seventy-five dollars ($75.00) and the vehicle will be subject to impound by the Police Department. (Ord. 82-1991. Passed 8-5-91.)