§ 154-16.04 Parking in Residential or Services Districts.
   (A)   In any residential or services district, all required parking spaces shall be set back from adjoining street right-of-way lines to conform with required front and side street setback lines of such residential or services district. In instances where the rear property line is adjacent to an alley and parking is accessed from the rear yard alley, parking spaces may be set back zero feet from the property line.
   (B)   In residential districts, parking is permitted within the front yard setback in front of garages, carports or on a surface in accordance with § 154-16.02(C). Such area shall not exceed 60% of the front yard setback, while continuing to provide adequate on-site retention.
   (C)   The parking of any commercial vehicle of more than one and one-half tons capacity on any lot in any residential district shall be considered a commercial use and is prohibited.
   (D)   The outdoor parking and/or storage of recreational equipment, recreational vehicles, and watercraft is permitted in any residential or services district, provided that said vehicle shall not be used for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes and subject to the following for the front yard setback of any residential district:
      (1)   Only low-profile recreational equipment, vehicles, and watercraft (inclusive of items such as boats, jet skis, utility trailers, tent trailers, travel trailers, truck campers when attached to an operational vehicle, but exclusive of truck campers not attached to an operational vehicle) are permitted;
      (2)   No part of the vehicle or attached appurtenance shall be located closer than five feet from the front property line;
      (3)   That said vehicle shall be located on a surface in accordance with § 154-16.02(C); and
      (4)   Each residential lot shall be limited to the parking and/or storage of one recreational equipment, recreational vehicle, or watercraft within the front yard setback.
   (E)   Ribbon or Hollywood driveways may be utilized in single and two-family residential developments, where such parking spaces are accessed perpendicularly from the adjacent roadway. The hard surfaced material of the parallel strips shall be a minimum of two feet in width and shall be separated by a three foot wide pervious area (grass or decorative rock). The total extent of the parking area shall be in conformance with the parking dimensions required of the residential use.
('80 Code, App. A, § 160) (Ord. 583, passed 9-16-1952; Ord. 800, passed 5-17-1960; Ord. 1812, passed 2-7-1979; Ord. O2010-32, passed 7-7-2010; Ord. O2017-016, passed 5-17-2017; Ord. O2023-040, passed 1-3-2024) Penalty, see § 154-999