§ 16-28.013. Parking and/or storage of certain vehicles prohibited or limited in specified districts; limitations on occupancy of mobile homes.

(1)

Mobile Homes: Parking, Storage or Occupancy: The parking or storage of any mobile home in any district is hereby prohibited except on a sales lot, or at an establishment for servicing, maintenance or repair while such operations are being diligently pursued, or at a mobile home manufacturing plant, or in a legally authorized junk, scrap or salvage yard, or in a storage yard.

(2)

Commercial Trailers: A commercial trailer or semitrailer shall not be parked or stored in any residential or O-I, R-LC, C-1 or C-2 district. This regulation shall not be construed as prohibiting such trailers from loading or unloading in such districts in servicing uses therein.

(3)

Commercial Vehicles: The parking of a commercial self-propelled vehicle in any residential district is prohibited; except that one (1) commercial vehicle with a manufacturer's rating of three-fourths ton or less may be parked on any lot on which there is located a main building, provided that such vehicle is parked in an enclosed garage, accessory building or rear yard and is used by a resident of the premises. This regulation shall not be construed as prohibiting commercial vehicles from loading or unloading in such districts, or from parking in servicing uses therein.

(4)

Major Recreational Equipment: For purposes of these regulations, "major recreational equipment" is defined as including travel trailers, pickup campers, converted trucks or buses, motorized homes, tent campers, tents, or other short-term housing or shelter arrangements and devices, boats and boat trailers, combinations thereof and other similar equipment, and cases and boxes for transporting recreational equipment, whether occupied by such equipment or not.

(a)

Parking or storage as accessory to residential use: Parking or storage of major recreational equipment shall be permitted as accessory to principal residential use only in accord with the following limitations:

1.

Unless stored in a garage, carport or accessory building, such equipment shall be parked or stored behind the nearest portion of any building to the street; provided however that parking shall be permitted anywhere on the premises or on adjacent streets (if otherwise lawful) for not to exceed 12 hours during loading and unloading, and further provided:

2.

In any required side yard not adjacent to a street, no such equipment may be parked or stored if it exceeds six (6) feet in height above the ground; provided however that masts, antennas, ventstacks, windshields, or other minor accessories may exceed this height limit.

3.

Equipment exceeding the limitations set forth in 2. above may be parked outdoors only in the rear yard.

4.

No such equipment parked or stored on a residential lot shall be used in such location for living, sleeping, housekeeping or business purposes.

(b)

Miscellaneous vehicles: Vehicles not otherwise defined or regulated in this section, such as floats, wagons or other special vehicles, shall not be parked or stored except within completely enclosed buildings, or in rear yards in any residential district.

(5)

Junked Motor Vehicles: It shall be unlawful for any person to store or any property owner to allow storage of any junked motor vehicle in the open area on any private property except motor vehicles awaiting repair at legally licensed auto repair garages or legally licensed automobile storage yards.

For the purpose of this section, a "junked motor vehicle" shall mean any vehicle which is without current registration, without current license tag and/or which is one (1) or more of the following:

(a)

Wrecked;

(b)

Dismantled;

(c)

Partially dismantled;

(d)

Inoperative.

For the purpose of this section, "storage" shall mean being on or occupying the premises for 30 calendar days or more.

(Code 1977, § 16-28.013)