351.13 PUBLIC STREET AND ALLEY PARKING.
   (a)   No person, being the owner of or in control of a motor vehicle, shall allow or permit such vehicle to remain parked in one place on the public streets or alleys of the City for a period of more than seventy-two consecutive hours, except as further restricted herein.
   Any vehicle so parked for more than seventy-two hours shall be deemed to have been abandoned, and the Police Department is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle from such public street or alley.
   (b)   The following vehicles are permitted to be parked within the public right of way on streets and alleys within residential zoning districts (R-1 through R-7 and OR-1) as herein provided, subject to the above limitations.
   “Passenger automobiles”, “station wagons”, “sport utility vehicles”, “vans”, “motorcycles”, “commercial cars”, “pick-up trucks with one (1) ton or less rated capacity” and any other vehicles that are designed and intended for the transportation of not more than nine passengers.
   (c)   The following vehicles are not permitted to be parked within the public right of way on streets and alleys within residential zoning districts (R-1 through R-7 and OR-1) except to load or unload property.
   Any “recreational vehicle” defined as a vehicular portable structure that is designed and constructed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses and is classified as follows:
      (1)   “Travel trailer” means a nonself-propelled recreational vehicle that does not exceed an overall length of thirty-five feet, exclusive of bumper and tongue or coupling, and contains less than three hundred twenty square feet of space when erected on site. “Travel trailer” includes a tent-type fold-out camping trailers as defined in Ohio R.C. 4517.01.
      (2)   “Motor home” means a self-propelled recreational vehicle that is constructed with permanently installed facilities for cold storage, cooking and consuming food, and for sleeping.
      (3)   “Truck camper” means a nonself-propelled recreational vehicle that does not have wheels for road use and is designed to be placed upon and attached to a motor vehicle. “Truck camper” does not include truck covers that consist of walls and a roof, but do not have floors and facilities enabling them to be used as a dwelling.
      (4)   “Fifth wheel trailer” means a vehicle that is of such size and weight as to be movable without a special permit, that has gross trailer area of four hundred square feet or less, that is constructed with a raised forward section that allows a bi-level floor plan, and that is designed to be towed by a vehicle equipped with a fifth-wheel hitch ordinarily installed in the bed of a truck.
      (5)   “Park trailer” means a vehicle that is commonly known as a park model recreational vehicle, meets the American National Standard Institute A- 119.5 (1988) for park trailers, is built on a single chassis, has a gross trailer area of four hundred square feet or less when set up, is designed for seasonal or temporary living quarters, and may be connected to utilities necessary for the operation of installed features and appliances
         (ORC 4501.01(Q)).
   (d)   Trailers transporting tools and equipment and materials for a construction job in a residential zoning district (R-1 through R-7 and OR-1) may be parked within the public right of way on streets or alleys in said residential zoning districts by permit only. Such permit shall be issued in conjunction with a zoning permit obtained from the Planning and Development Department.
   (e)   Any commercial trailer parked for a temporary period of time of less than one week, performing a commercial job but not required to file for a zoning permit, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
   (f)   The following vehicles are not permitted to be parked within the public right of way on streets and alleys within residential zoning districts (R-1 through R-7 and OR-1) except to load or unload property:
      (1)   “Commercial tractor” means any motor vehicle that has motive power and either is designed or used for drawing other motor vehicles, or is designed or used for drawing another motor vehicle while carrying a portion of the other motor vehicle or its load, or both.
         (ORC 4501.01(D))
      (2)   “Bus” means any motor vehicle that has motor power and is designed and used for carrying more than nine passengers, except any motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying not more than fifteen passengers in a ridesharing arrangement.
         (ORC 4501.01(I))
      (3)   “Trailer”means any vehicle without motive power that is designated or used for carrying property or persons wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and includes any such vehicle that is formed by or operated as a combination of a semi-trailer and a vehicle of the dolly type such as that commonly known as a trailer dolly, a vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between a local place of storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a public road or highway at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour, and a vehicle that is designated and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a public road or highway for a distance of more than ten miles or at a speed of more than twenty-five miles per hour. “Trailer” does not include a manufactured home or travel trailer.
         (ORC 4501.01(M))
      (4)   “Semi-trailer” means any vehicle of the trailer type that does not have motive power and is so designated or used with another and separate motor vehicle that in operation a part of its own weight or that of its load, or both, rest upon and is carried by the other vehicle furnishing the motive power for propelling itself and the vehicle referred to in this section and includes, for the purpose only of registration and taxation, any vehicle of the dolly type, such as a trailer dolly, that is designated or used for the conversion of a semi-trailer into a trailer.
         (ORC 4501.01(P))
      (5)   “School bus” means every bus designed for carrying more than nine passengers that is owned by a public, private, or governmental agency or institution of learning and operated for the transportation of children to and from a school session or a school function, or owned by a private person and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from a school session or a school function, provided “school bus” does not include a bus operated by a municipally owned transportation system, a mass transit company operating exclusively within the territorial limits of a municipal corporation, or within such limits and the territorial limits of municipal corporations immediately contiguous to such municipal corporation, nor a common passenger carrier certified by the Public Utilities Commission unless such a bus is devoted exclusively to the transportation of children to and from a school session or a school function, and “school bus” does not include a van or bus used by a licensed child day-care center or Type A family day-care home to transport children from the day-care center or Type A family day-care home to a school if the van or bus does not have more than fifteen children in the van or bus at any time.
   (g)   The following watercraft and transportation devices for watercraft are not permitted to be parked within the public right-of-way on streets and alleys within the residential zoning districts (R-1 through R-7 and OR-1) as herein provided:
      (1)   “Watercraft” means any of the following when used or capable of being used as transportation on the water:
         A.   A vessel operated by machinery either permanently or temporarily affixed;
         B.   A sailboat other than a sailboard;
         C.   An inflatable, manually propelled boat having a hull identification number meeting the requirements of the United States Coast Guard;
         D.   A canoe or rowboat.
(ORC 1547.01(A))
      (2)   “Watercraft” does not include ferries as referred to in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4583.
(ORC 1547.01(A))
      (3)   “Vessel” includes every description of watercraft, including nondisplacement craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
      (4)   “Rowboat” means any vessel designed to be rowed and that is propelled by human muscular effort by oars or paddles and upon which no mechanical propulsion device, electric motor, internal combustion engine, or sail has been affixed or is used for the operation of the vessel.
      (5)   “Sailboat” means any vessel, equipped with mast and sails, dependent upon wind to propel it in the normal course of operation.
         A.   Any sailboat equipped with a inboard engine is deemed a powercraft with auxiliary sail.
         B.   Any sailboat equpped with a detachable motor is deemed a sailboat with auxiliary power.
         C.   Any sailboat being propelled by mechanical power, whether under sail or not, is deemed a powercraft and is subject to all laws and rules governing powercraft operation.
      (6)   “Powercraft” means any vessel propelled by machinery, fuel, rockets, or similar device.
      (7)   “Canoe” means a narrow vessel of shallow draft, pointed at both ends and propelled by human muscular effort, and includes kayaks.
      (8)   “Inflatable watercraft” means a vessel constructed of rubber, canvas, or other material that is designed to be inflated with any gaseous substance, constructed with two or more air cells, and operated as a vessel. Inflatable watercraft propelled by a motor shall be classified as powercraft and shall be registered by length.
      (9)   “Personal watercraft” means a vessel, less than sixteen feet in length, that is propelled by machinery and designed to be operated by an individual sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel rather than by an individual sitting or standing inside the vessel.
(ORC 1547.01(B))
   (h)   Any vehicle parked in violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed to have been abandoned, and the Police Department is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle from such public street or alley.
(Ord. 22-02. Passed 6-17-02.)