(a) Commercial Vehicles. The parking or storage of commercial vehicles or equipment, as herein defined, in any Residential District, other than in a garage or enclosed structure, is prohibited, except that a commercial vehicle may be parked outside of a garage or enclosure for a reasonable period of time when making a customary delivery of goods, merchandise or services to the premises located within such Residential District. Further, and subject to the provisions of Section 761.04, the height of the door of the garage or enclosure shall not exceed seven feet, unless the Zoning and Building Standards Board of Appeals, upon request of the owner, grants a variance on the height of the door, which variance shall not exceed eighteen inches of such requirement.
(b) Construction Vehicles and/or Equipment. The parking or storage in any Residential District, of vehicles, machines, devices or equipment used in the construction or maintenance of buildings, dwellings, houses, roads and sidewalks, is prohibited. However, where such vehicles, machines, devices and/or equipment are being used for the building, renovation, maintenance or improving of a house, dwelling, road or sidewalk in any Residential District, the temporary parking or storage of the vehicles, machines, devices and/or equipment is permitted until the project has been completed.
(c) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) “Commercial vehicle” means:
A. Any large trucks and equipment such as, but not limited to: semi-tractors and/or trailers, stake trucks, cube trucks, cube vans, dump trucks, panel trucks, delivery trucks, and equipment trailers. Any vehicle exceeding 9,000 pounds GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight).
(2) “Construction vehicle and equipment” means any vehicle, off-highway earth- moving equipment, backhoe, bulldozer, cement mixer, hoist, scaffold, apparatus and machines used in the construction or maintenance of buildings, houses, roads, streets, sidewalks or driveways, or for landscaping.
(3) “Storage”, “stored” or “store” means the keeping or housing of any commercial or construction vehicle, or any equipment used in a commercial or construction enterprise, in or upon premises located in any Residential District for any period of time.
(4) “Parking”, “parked” or “park” means the stopping or standing of vehicles, whether or not occupied, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actively engaged in loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers.
(Ord. 05-12. Passed 7-23-12; Ord. 11-22. Passed 11-28-22.)