§ 34-389. Commercial, recreational, boat vessel vehicle parking in residentially zoned properties restricted.

(a)

Prohibited. No prohibited vehicle shall be parked or stored in any residential district within the city on either public or private property including but not limited to a yard, setback area, public right-of-way, swale or parkway.

(b)

Permit required. Commercial, recreational, boats, vessels vehicles parked or stored in a residential district may be permitted with a valid overnight parking permit from the city which shall be obtained for up to two vehicles or vessels parked in residentially zoned properties; subject to the following:

(1)

The vehicle is owned by the occupant of the residential property;

(2)

Unoccupied while parked or stored on the residential property;

(3)

Maintained in a neat and operable condition, provided that major repairs including but not limited to repairs of the internal engine, rear end, transmission, exhaust system, body and chassis shall not be performed while parked or stored on the residential property;

(4)

Currently registered, licensed or permitted by the appropriate governing authority; and

(5)

Parking permits shall remain valid providing the permit is renewed before October 1 of each subsequent year commencing 2014. Permits applied for or renewed after August 1 of each year shall be valid until September 30 the following year.

(c)

Vehicles shall be parked or stored on private residential property in the most preferred available location. In order of preference, the available locations are:

(1)

Garage, carport, rear yard or side yard behind the front building line;

(2)

Rear setback;

(3)

Side setback behind the front building line: For multifamily uses of four dwelling units or more, available location shall include a parking space in a parking lot used in common by the occupants of the multifamily structures.

(d)

Vehicles parked or stored on residential property shall be screened from the view of abutting properties and, for corner lots, from the public right-of-way abutting the side property line.

(e)

Commercial vehicles may be parked or stored in a front yard or setback only if the surface consists of a smooth nondusting surface including concrete, paver-blocks, turfstone, asphalt, tile and brick and complies with the standards specified by the city engineering and public works department. All other vehicles may be parked or stored in a side or rear setback or yard on a grass surface.

(f)

Exceptions. Vehicles providing a service, including the delivery of goods and merchandise, repairs and maintenance, or otherwise engaged in work in a residential district, may park along a public right-of-way or on residential property for the duration of the service or work but not to exceed 12 hours in any 24-hour period. Longer periods may be permitted by the administrative official in the best interests of the occupant of the residential property and of the neighborhood.

These requirements shall not supersede more stringent restrictions contained in any deed, condominium document or similar private instrument.

(Ord. No. 2010-10-218, § 2(12-160), 4-7-2010; Ord. No. 2011-02-244, § 2(App. A), 3-2-2011; Ord. No. 2014-02-314, § 2(Exh. A), 1-8-2014)