(a) General Requirements. The off-street parking of a recreational vehicle, boat and/or boat trailer, pick-up camper or coach (designed to be mounted on automotive vehicles), motorized dwelling, tent trailer, travel trailer or utility trailer in a Residential District is permitted subject to the following conditions.
(b) Yard Parking and Temporary Loading. None of the above-mentioned vehicles shall be parked in the required front or side yard, except that they may be parked in a driveway for not longer than forty-eight hours in any calendar week for loading or unloading.
(c) Rear and Side Yard Parking and Storage.
(1) In the rear or side yard at each residential zoning lot, parking or storage of only the following types of vehicles shall be permitted, provided such parking or storage does not intrude on the minimum rear or side yard requirements set forth in this Zoning Code:
A. Camper trailer (shall be stored in a collapsed position to a height not more than five feet, six inches);
B. Travel trailer;
C. Boat or boat trailer, either mounted or unmounted;
D. Pick-up coach; and
E. Motorized home.
(2) All such parking shall be as close to the structure as practical, but not closer than two feet nor farther than twenty feet.
(3) For side yard storage, the length of the vehicle shall not exceed the length of the structure's adjacent wall.
(4) For rear yard storage, the length of the vehicle shall not exceed the length of the structure's adjacent wall.
(d) Utility Hook-ups. No such camping or recreational equipment shall have fixed connections to electricity, gas, water or sanitary sewer facilities, nor shall such equipment be used as a dwelling in any case.
(e) Inoperable Vehicles.
(1) No motor vehicle shall be parked or stored in any district other than an M District for a period in excess of one week when any such motor vehicle:
A. Does not bear a current registration plate; and/or
B. Is not in operating condition.
(2) Such motor vehicles may be parked or stored for a period in excess of seven days if parked or stored entirely within an enclosed building.
(f) School Buses and Semitrailers. School buses and semitrailers may be parked in the AGR Rural District and the C3, C4, M1 and M Districts, but they shall not be parked in any other district except as they may be parked on the property of the local school district. (See Chapter 452 of the Traffic Code.)
(Ord. 2014-27. Passed 8-5-14.)