(a) As used in this section, "camping and recreational equipment" means and includes recreational vehicles, which are defined as vehicle-type structures, primarily designated as temporary living quarters for recreation, camping or travel use, which either have their own motive power or are mounted on or drawn by another vehicle which is self-powered. With allowances for engineering variances, the basic entities are:
(1) A "travel trailer," which is a vehicular portable structure, mounted on wheels, of such a size or weight as not to require special highway movement permits when drawn by a stock passenger automobile, and primarily designed and constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreation, camping or travel use;
(2) A "camping trailer," which is a vehicular portable structure mounted on wheels, constructed with collapsible partial side walls of fabric, plastic or other pliable material for folding compactly while being drawn by another vehicle, and, when unfolded at the site or location, providing temporary living quarters, and whose primary design is for recreation, camping or travel use;
(3) A "truck camper," which is a portable structure designed to be loaded onto or affixed to the bed or chassis of a truck, constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreation, camping or travel use;
(4) A "motor home," which is a structure built on and made an integral part of a self- propelled motor vehicle chassis, other than a passenger car chassis, primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreation, camping and travel use;
(5) "Boats" and "boat trailers," which include boats, floats and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on a highway; and
(6) Snowmobiles, jet water skis, canoes and similar equipment, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on a highway.
(b) Any owner of camping and recreational equipment may park or store such equipment subject to the following conditions:
(1) At no time shall such parked or stored camping and recreational equipment be occupied or used for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes, nor shall it have fixed connections to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilities.
(2) If the camping and recreational equipment is parked or stored outside of an attached garage, it shall be parked or stored on a concrete pad, said pad and equipment to be located to the rear of the front building line of the lot, and not closer than ten feet from side or rear lot lines. The concrete pad must be connected by pavement to the nearest public right-of- way.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b)(2) hereof, camping and recreational equipment may be parked anywhere on the premises for loading or unloading purposes.
(4) All camping and recreational equipment must be kept in good repair and carry a current year license and/or registration.
(5) Not more than one such piece of equipment per premises may be so parked.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b)(5) hereof, boats, snowmobiles, jet water skis, canoes and similar pieces of equipment may be placed on a trailer. A trailer, with equipment, shall be considered one piece of equipment.
(Ord. 1990-59. Passed 10-8-90.)
(7) Camping and recreational equipment shall not be parked or stored on a corner lot within the front setback line of the adjacent dwelling or within ten feet of the rear line where the rear line of the corner lot is identical with the side line of an interior lot. Camping and recreational equipment on corner lots that do not abut interior lots shall be no closer to the side property line than the side of the house.
(Ord. 1992-13. Passed 2-24-92.)
(8) Camping and recreational equipment shall not be parked in any commercial parking lot or adjacent parking lot during periods outside of normal business hours for that particular commercial property.
(Ord. 2016-1. Passed 3-14-16.)
(9) Under no circumstances shall any vehicle other than camping and recreational equipment as defined above be parked or stored on the concrete pad, nor shall the concrete pad be used for storage of any materials or equipment not defined above as camping and recreational equipment at any time.
(Ord. 2016-41. Passed 1-23-17.)