1157.07 PARKING REGULATIONS.

   (a)   No person shall keep, park, store or allow to be kept, parked or stored overnight any commercial vehicle or truck, as herein defined, in a U-1, U-2, U-3 or U-3 AA Use District, except passenger automobiles or motorcycles not used for commercial, business or manufacturing purposes. This section shall not, however, prohibit the following uses in such districts:

      (1)   Trucks making bona fide deliveries to or pickups from the premises where they are parked, but only for so long a time as is reasonably necessary to make such deliveries or pickups;

      (2)   Vehicles necessarily used in connection with the legal construction, altering, repairing, removal or demolition of buildings, appurtenances and roads for such time as is reasonably necessary to perform such work;

      (3)   Farm vehicles, either bearing current farm license plates issued by the State of Ohio or used exclusively for proper agricultural purposes upon the premises;

      (4)   Vehicles used by or on behalf of the Municipality or any other governmental body;

      (5)   In Class U-3 and U-3AA Districts, vehicles necessarily and customarily incident to the operation of any apartment house, hotel or motel situated on the premises;

      (6)   On any lot in a U-1 or U-2 Use District, not more than two commercial vehicles or two trucks not exceeding one and one-half tons in rated capacity each, may be parked in a covered and closed garage or out of sight, provided the trucks or commercial vehicles are used solely by occupants of the premises;

      (7)   The owner, owners or occupants of any building or premises or part thereof where anything in violation of this section is placed or exists, and any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this section or fails to comply therewith, or whoever parks, stores or keeps any vehicle upon any residential premises, including Class U-1, Class U-2, Class U-3, and Class U-3AA Use Districts, in violation of this section, shall for each and every violation or non-compliance be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1149.99.

   (b)   “Commercial vehicle”, for the purposes of this chapter, shall mean any automobile, van, pick-up truck, sport utility vehicle, or similar vehicle that is used for commercial, business or manufacturing purposes and bearing mounted equipment, signs, racks carrying equipment, tools, ladders, material and/or similar items.

   (c)   “Truck”, for the purposes of this chapter, shall include any truck one and one-half tons in rated capacity, or more, any tractor, semi-trailer, or trailer. Also included shall be any pick-up truck less than one and one-half ton van or sport utility vehicle, used for commercial, business, or manufacturing purposes and bearing mounted equipment, signs, racks carrying equipment, tools, ladders, material and/or similar items.

(Ord. 2002-07. Passed 5-20-02.)