(a) The following guidelines for commercial vehicles, operable vehicles and inoperable vehicles are established.
(1) Commercial Vehicles.
A. Definitions. As used in this section: "Commercial Vehicle" means any vehicle designed to be used for business or commercial purposes and includes but is not limited to buses, cement trucks, commercial tree trimming equipment, construction equipment, dump trucks, garbage trucks, panel trucks, semi tractors, semi trailers, or other commercial trailers, stake bed trucks, step vans, tank trucks, tow trucks, or other commercial vehicles eligible to be licensed by the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles as a commercial vehicle or truck.
B. Residential Property. The owner of a parcel of land, or combined parcels of land, zoned R-2, may stop, park, or leave standing only one Commercial Vehicle in the driveway of his or her residential parcel if the property owner uses the Commercial Vehicle as the primary and daily source of transportation. The length of the Commercial Vehicle shall not exceed twenty feet and shall not have more than two axles. No other Commercial Vehicles may be stopped, parked, or left standing on any parcel of land, or combined parcels of land, zoned residential.
C. Commercial Property. The owner of a parcel of land, or combined parcels of land, zoned commercial (NC, CC, or GC) may not stop, park, or leave standing, or allow anyone else to stop, park, or leave standing, any Commercial Vehicle on his or her commercial parcel if the Commercial Vehicle is unrelated to any business or commercial purpose for which the parcel is used. For purposes of this section, a stored vehicle is one which is in view of any adjacent street or parcel.
D. Exceptions. The parking prohibitions set forth herein shall not apply to such Commercial Vehicle used for conveying the necessary tools and materials to a premises where labor, using such tools and materials, is to be performed, during the time of parking such vehicle or to the time during which such vehicle is being loaded or unloaded or used to deliver or hoist property or merchandise for completion of delivery, if such loading and unloading or other activities referred to in this provision are conducted diligently and without unnecessary delay.
(2) Operable vehicles. No operable vehicle may be stored on a parcel of land, or combined parcels of land, zoned R-2 for a period exceeding fourteen days. For purposes of this section, a vehicle is being stored if it has not been moved within fourteen days, is not used for transportation by any resident of the parcel, and is in view of any adjacent street or parcel.
(3) Inoperable vehicles. Outdoor storage of inoperable, unlicenced, or unused vehicles of any type, for a period exceeding seven days, is prohibited.
(b) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be penalized according to the provisions set forth in Section 1129.02 of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Shawnee Hills. (Ord. 23-2018. Passed 9-10-18.)