The parking and storage of recreational vehicles, boats and trucks shall be as follows:
(A) In all residential districts, only passenger cars, which do not exceed 20 feet in length, may be parked or stored upon a driveway or parking area as defined elsewhere in the City Codified Ordinances, or within a garage area, or other permitted enclosed structure.
(B) All other motor vehicles, boats, trucks and trailers, not described in division (A) of this section, shall be stored or parked on residential property only within a permitted enclosed structure or as otherwise specifically permitted as hereafter described:
(1) Any recreational vehicles, boats on trailers, trucks, and trailers may be parked on driveways for periods which do not exceed a total cumulative time of 72 hours during any calendar month, for the limited purposes of loading, unloading, cleaning or effecting minor repairs or routine, minor maintenance.
(2) One recreational vehicle, one boat on a trailer, or one trailer, may be stored in an unenclosed area of the side or rear yard as further described in this division (B), rear or side yard, but no closer than five feet to the nearest lot line, or any right-of-way line. However, such recreational vehicle, boat on a trailer, or a trailer, shall not exceed 30 feet in length, or 11 feet in height, measured as is. Storage of such a vehicle in a side or rear yard is permissible only if the wheels of the vehicle are placed on an improved surface of sufficient size to accommodate each wheel and sufficiently thick to support the weight of the vehicle.
(a) No temporary or permanent human occupancy may occur therein, except or loading, unloading, effecting minor repairs or routine maintenance, or while in the process of actual transportation.
(b) If a recreational vehicle, a boat on a trailer, or a trailer is stored in the side or rear yard, it must be placed on an improved surface meeting the municipality’s building and zoning code requirements. The improved surface for storage must extend continuously from the existing driveway or alley, must be no closer to the street than the front building line and must maintain the required number of off-street parking spaces.
(c) Without regard to whether vehicles are resting on wheels, no more than one recreational vehicle, one boat on a trailer, or one trailer may be stored in an unenclosed area on any residential parcel or residential lot.
(d) Equipment used in construction work and commercial tractors shall not be stored, or parked, on residential property except as provided herein. Vehicles used and needed in connection with permitted construction or other permitted improvements on the residential property are not subject to this zoning code during the period involved of actual need or use.
(e) All vehicles stored or parked in open areas or on driveways, or on parking areas, shall be roadworthy and currently licensed at all times. All boats on trailers stored in open areas or parked on driveways shall be water worthy at all times. Vehicles and boats which are undergoing minor repairs or maintenance, the duration of which does not exceed 30 calendar days, shall not be considered to be in violation of this subdivision, provided such units are restored to roadworthy/water worthy condition before the elapse of the 30 calendar days.
(Ord. 2003-51, passed 5-20-03; Am. Ord. 2004-103, passed 11-16-04)