It shall be unlawful to park or keep recreational equipment such as motor homes, camping trailers, pick-up campers, boat trailers, boats and similar items in any residential district except as follows:
(b) In an enclosed building.
(c) By the owner of the equipment upon the unenclosed portion of the premises of the owner of the equipment, subject to the following conditions:
(1) Said equipment shall not be inhabited (except for occasional emergency sleeping room) or used for the conducting of any commercial enterprise.
(2) No more than one (1) piece of each type of such equipment shall be parked upon the unenclosed portion of said premises at any one time.
(3) The equipment shall be parked at least three (3) feet behind the front house line (exclusive of porches, porticos and similar projections) of the house on the property and at least three (3) feet away from the side and rear lot lines of the property, except that for loading and unloading purposes the equipment may be parked in the driveway for a period of not more than forty-eight (48) hours, and subject to the stipulation that in cases of unusual circumstances such as topography, irregular shape of lot, location of building and unique hardship, the owner may appeal for a variance of these setbacks where the Board of Zoning Appeals finds that such variation will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property, and will not materially impair the purposes of this Ordinance or the public interest.
(4) The equipment shall have no permanent connection to electric, water, gas, or sewer facilities.
(5) The equipment shall be kept in good repair and shall carry a current year’s license and/or registration.
(d) By visitors at least one (1) of whom is the owner of the equipment or lessee of the equipment from other than the owner of the premises, upon the unenclosed portion of the premises of the persons being visited, subject to the following conditions:
(1) Said visitors shall not park or inhabit their equipment on said premises more than two (2) separate times in any year nor more than fourteen (14) consecutive days at any one (1) time and there shall be an interval of three (3) months between each of said two (2) permissible separate times that their equipment is so parked or inhabited.
(2) No more than one (1) piece of each type of such equipment and no more than two (2) pieces of such equipment shall be parked upon the unenclosed portion of said premises at any one time.
(3) Said equipment shall not be parked or inhabited upon any unenclosed portion of said premises except in the rear or side yards of said premises so long as parked or inhabited at least three (3) feet away from the side or rear yard boundaries of said premises; provided, however, the Zoning Inspector shall be authorized to permit temporary parking and/or habitation on the driveway in the front yard so long as he first finds that weather conditions and lack of access prevents parking and/or habitation in the rear or side yards of said premises.
(Ord. 517. Passed 8-17-99.)