(a) Disabled or Unlicensed Vehicles. It shall be unlawful to park or keep any disabled or unlicensed motor vehicle, or any part thereof, except as provided in Section 1159.05(b) (Parking and Maintenance of Recreational Equipment) in any district except by permission of the Planning Commission, for a period of more than 14 days, whether or not consecutive, unless the vehicle is stored in an enclosed garage or other accessory building.
(b) Parking and Maintenance of Recreational Equipment. It shall be unlawful to park or keep recreational equipment such as manufactured or mobile homes, house trailers, camping trailers, pick up campers, boat trailers, boats, snowmobiles, snowmobile trailers, and similar items in any residential district except as follows:
(1) In a manufactured home park meeting the requirements of Section 1157.10 (Manufactured Home Parks).
(2) In an enclosed building.
(3) By the owner of the equipment upon the unenclosed portion of the premises of the owner of the equipment, subject to the following conditions:
A. The equipment shall not be inhabited (except for occasional emergency sleeping room) or used for the conduct of any commercial enterprise.
B. The equipment shall have no permanent connections to electric, water, gas, or sewer facilities.
C. No more than one piece of each type of such equipment and never more than two pieces of such equipment shall be parked upon the unenclosed portion of the premises at any one time.
D. The equipment shall be parked at least three feet behind the front house line (exclusive of porches, porticos and similar projections) of the house on the property and at least three 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 48 hours, and subject to the stipulation that in cases of unusual circumstances such as topography, irregular shape of lot, location of buildings and unique hardship the owner may appeal for a variance of these set backs. After a hearing, a variance may be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals should they find that such variation will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property, and will not materially impair the purposes of this chapter or the public interest.
E. The equipment shall be kept in good repair and shall carry a current year's license and/or registration.
F. Under no circumstances shall the area underneath or around the equipment be used as storage.
(4) By visitors, at least one 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:
A. The visitors shall not park or inhabit their equipment on the premises more than two separate times in any year nor more than 14 consecutive days at any one time where there shall be an interval of three months between each of the two permissible separate times that their equipment is so parked or inhabited.
B. No more than one piece of each type of such equipment and never more than two pieces of such equipment shall be parked upon the unenclosed portion of the premises at any one time.
C. The equipment shall not be parked or inhabited upon any unenclosed portion of the premises except in the rear and side yards of the premises so long as parked or inhabited at least three feet away from the side or rear yard boundaries of the 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 the premises.
(c) Prohibiting Standing or Parking Places. No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of the Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device upon any private property within this Village, except upon driveways, parking lots, in garages or in an area improved for vehicular use.
(Ord. 1584. Passed 9-17-07; Ord. 1705. Passed 11-17-14.)