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(a) Definition. As used in this section “recreational equipment” means and includes the following:
(1) “Travel trailer” which means a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified “travel trailer” by the manufacturer;
(2) “Pickup camper” which means a structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses;
(3) “Motorized home” which means a portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle;
(4) “Folding tent trailer” which means a canvas folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel and vacation uses; and
(5) “Boats” and “boat trailers” which mean and include boats, floats and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the streets and highways.
(Ord. 1970-20. Passed 2-9-70.)
(b) Regulations. No person shall park or store recreational equipment on any street or highway or public or private property within the City except as hereinafter provided. Any owner of recreational equipment may park or store such equipment on property owned by him or her in accordance with the following conditions:
(1) Recreational equipment parked or stored shall not have fixed connections to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilitates except to provide heat for the protection of the recreational equipment, and at no time shall such recreational equipment be used for living or housekeeping purposes.
(2) Recreational equipment parked or being stored shall be required to be parked on a paved surface. Paved surface for this purpose shall be concrete and/or asphalt. This paved surface requirement shall not be satisfied by gravel or stone in lieu of or in the absence of said required paved surfaces.
(3) If camping and recreational equipment is parked or stored outside of a garage, it shall only be parked or stored to the rear of the front building line of the main residence; said equipment shall not be parked or stored in the side yard and/or front yard nor in the driveway thereof. For purposes of this section, attached garages and porches extending forward of the main residence shall not be considered as part of the main residence.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (b) of this section, camping and recreational equipment may be parked anywhere on the premises for loading or unloading purposes for a period of not more than 48 hours. Recreational equipment parked or stored on private property for more than forty-eight (48) hours must comply with location and other requirements of division (b) of this section.
(5) All recreational equipment must be kept in good repair and carry a current year's license and/or registration.
(Ord. 1999-30. Passed 11-8-99; Ord. 2023-13. Passed 4-10-23.)
(a) No person shall willfully leave any vehicle, not an abandoned junk motor vehicle, on:
(1) Private property without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; or
(2) A public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway, for 48 consecutive hours or longer, without notification to the Police Chief of the reasons for leaving the vehicles in such place.
(b) For purposes of this section, the fact that a vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima-facie evidence of abandonment. Nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the provisions of other ordinances regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor vehicles on streets, highways, public property or private property within the Municipality.
(Ord. 2006-14. Passed 4-24-06.)
(a) No person shall park a motor vehicle or otherwise obstruct a fire lane at any time. A vehicle parked in violation of this section may be impounded as provided in Section 303.08.
(b) The City is hereby authorized to enter upon Eureka Lake, Private Drive and all adjoining drives for the purpose of enforcing any and all ordinances of the City and for the further purpose of offering police and fire protection.
(Ord. 1977-17. Passed 2-14-77.)
(a) No person shall park or store any vehicle in a residential area between a resident's setback line and the public right-of-way, side yard or rear yard, except on a surface material approved for off-street parking as provided in Section 1187.11 of the Planning and Zoning Code.
(b) This section shall not apply to recreational vehicles which are separately regulated by Section 351.15.
(Ord. 1987-29. Passed 5-26-87; Ord. 2003-29. Passed 9-22-03.)
(a) Whenever, during any period of 24 hours or less, snow falls to a depth of two inches or more within the City, an emergency is declared to exist.
(b) All owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and comply with emergency parking regulations.
(c) During the period of emergency the Director of Public Safety may prohibit the parking of any vehicle upon any City street. No person, during such period of emergency, shall park, or cause to be parked, or permit to remain parked, or abandon or leave unattended, any vehicle upon such specified streets. However, vehicles may be parked for a period of not longer than three minutes for the loading or unloading of passengers, or 30 minutes for actual loading or unloading of property or goods, provided that no other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby.
(d) Any motor vehicle parked in violation of this section may be impounded or towed away by the police or under authority of the Police Department, at the cost and expense of the owner of the vehicle. Such remedy shall be in addition to the penalty provided in Section 351.99.
(Ord. 1992-5. Passed 2-24-92.)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 303.99 for general Traffic Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)