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12/11/09
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<br /> transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including
<br /> but not limited to: ditch digging equipment, moving dollies, pump hoists and other well-drilling equipment,
<br /> street sweeping vehicles, and other machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket
<br /> loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders,
<br /> road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving equipment. The term does not include travel trailers, dump trucks,
<br /> truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other motor vehicles designed for the
<br /> transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.
<br /> e. Utility trailer means any motorless vehicle, other than a boat trailer or personal watercraft
<br /> trailer, designed for carrying of snowmobiles, motorcycles, all terrain vehicles, or property on its own
<br /> structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle but shall not include boat trailers, a trailer drawn by a
<br /> truck-tractor semitrailer combination, or an auxiliary axle on a motor vehicle which carries a portion of the
<br /> weight of the motor vehicle to which it is attached.
<br /> (2) [Parking regulated.]Parking of recreational vehicles, mobile homes and utility trailers shall
<br /> be regulated as follows:
<br /> a. It is unlawful for any person to park a mobile home or recreational vehicle upon public
<br /> property for human habitation
<br /> b. It is unlawful for any person to park or store a utility trailer, mobile home, recreational
<br /> vehicle in any"R" district for more than 24 hours, except in a side or rear yard at least five feet from any
<br /> property line.
<br /> C. It is unlawful to use a mobile home or recreational vehicle for human habitation on any
<br /> private property for more than 72 hours without a permit from the city.
<br /> (3) Vehicle storage. All vehicles parked or stored on any property within the city shall be
<br /> operable and currently licensed. The parking of vehicles, other than recreational vehicles, in "R"districts is
<br /> regulated as follows:
<br /> a. Parking of vehicles other than recreational vehicles, with a maximum gross vehicle weight
<br /> (GVW)of 14,000 pounds or less is allowed in all "R" districts.
<br /> b. Parking of vehicles in "R" districts in excess of 14,000 pounds GVW has the potential to
<br /> create negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. These impacts may include noise (from
<br /> operation as well as maintenance of vehicle); vibration; glare; odors; soil/water contamination (from
<br /> dripping, washing, etc.); hazards to pedestrians by way of proximity, especially on private roads; wear and
<br /> tear on local or private roads; propensity to offload remaining cargo on site at end of day; and visual
<br /> incompatibility with the character of a neighborhood. Such use may be acceptable under certain conditions
<br /> in zoning districts where lot areas are generally two acres or larger. Therefore, parking of such vehicles
<br /> requires each of the following conditions be met:
<br /> 1. Property owner must be vehicle owner or operator.
<br /> 2. Vehicle must be set back 50 feet from property lines.
<br /> 3. Vehicle must not be visible from neighboring properties and public streets; vegetative
<br /> screening is preferred.
<br /> 4. Maintenance of said vehicle shall occur within an enclosed building.
<br /> 5. The vehicle shall not constitute a nuisance at any time.
<br /> 6. In a shared driveway situation, the applicant shall demonstrate that the appropriate
<br /> easement exists.
<br /> 7. Minimum lot size of five acres. For any property at least two acres but less than five acres
<br /> in area, where it can be shown that prior to the effective date of this section such a vehicle was previously
<br /> stored on a regular basis prior to and after January 1, 2004, a vehicle storage permit may be granted if the
<br /> above conditions a. through f. are met, subject also to the following limitations:
<br /> i. A vehicle storage permit may only be issued for properties within the RR-1 B, RR-1A, and
<br /> LR-1A zoning districts.
<br /> ii. Such permit shall be granted only to the current property owner and only for the specific
<br /> vehicle applied for. The current owner may replace the vehicle in kind, but shall not add other such
<br /> vehicles. Any replacement vehicle must be registered with the city within 30 days to transfer its permitted
<br /> status.
<br /> iii. This permit shall not apply to subsequent property owners, subsequent property owners
<br /> shall not be considered as having a grandfathered permit by virtue of their predecessor's permit.
<br /> iv. This permit shall automatically and permanently expire if the vehicle storage is voluntarily
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