(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, certain terms are defined as follows:
(1) "Vehicle" means equipment on wheels or runners that exceeds eight thousand (8,000) pounds in total weight when unloaded, and includes, without limitation, trucks, construction equipment and road machinery of any description such as tractors, bulldozers, front-end loaders, backhoes, rollers and cement mixers.
(2) "Trailer" means any form of device, equipment or machinery on wheels or a single wheel that is intended to be pulled by a motor vehicle, whether or not attached to a motor vehicle, and includes, without limitation, truck trailers, house trailers and trailer coaches.
(3) "Residential area" means that portion of the Village zoned R-10, R-5, R-3, R-2, R-1 or R-1(A) District under the Village Zoning Ordinance.
(4) "Good cause" means:
A. That the vehicle or trailer is parked or stored in a place, the location of which makes the vehicle or trailer not visible to neighbors or the general public; or
B. That the vehicle or trailer is being parked or stored for a specified, limited time, in connection with current work on the property where the vehicle or trailer is stored or parked.
(b) No person who owns or has possession of real property in a residential area of the Village shall permit any vehicle or trailer to be parked or stored in such area except in a completely enclosed garage or other suitable building without written permission to do so signed by the Chief of Police upon a finding of good cause.
(c) Council, the Chief of Police or the Village Planning Commission, may send notice by certified mail with return receipt requested, to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a vehicle or trailer is parked or stored, that within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice, the vehicle or trailer either shall be covered by being completely enclosed in a garage or other suitable building or shall be removed from the property.
(d) No person shall willfully leave a vehicle or trailer parked or stored in a residential area for more than two (2) days after receipt of a notice as provided in this section. The fact that a vehicle or trailer is so left is prima-facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice.
(e) Any person who has been notified, being the owner of or in charge, or in possession of any lot or land on which any such vehicle is stored and who fails to remove the same after notice as aforesaid, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 1987-20. Passed 12-14-87.)