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<br /> c. Recreational vehicle. Mobile home and recreational vehicle shall mean and include the following
<br /> definitions, and shall not include any manufactured housing unit bearing a State of Minnesota
<br /> manufactured housing seal or certificate, for uses including but not limited to those listed below:
<br /> 1. Camping trailer means a folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel,
<br /> recreation and vacation uses, also called a pop-up camper.
<br /> 2. Motor home means a portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation and
<br /> vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
<br /> 3. Pickup camper means a structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a
<br /> temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation.
<br /> 4. Travel trailer means a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used
<br /> as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified
<br /> as a travel trailer by the manufacturer of the trailer.
<br /> d. Special mobile equipment means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the
<br /> transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway,
<br /> including but not limited to: ditch digging equipment, moving dollies, pump hoists and other well-
<br /> drilling equipment, street sweeping vehicles, and other machinery such as asphalt spreaders,
<br /> bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, ditchers, leveling graders,
<br /> finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving equipment. The term
<br /> does not include travel trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed
<br /> grinders, or other motor vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which
<br /> machinery has been attached.
<br /> e. Utility trailer means any motorless vehicle, other than a boat trailer or personal watercraft trailer,
<br /> 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
<br /> by a truck-tractor semitrailer combination, or an auxiliary axle on a motor vehicle which carries a
<br /> portion of the weight of the motor vehicle to which it is attached.
<br /> (2) �Parking regulated.J Parking of recreational vehicles, mobile homes and utility trailers shall be
<br /> regulated as follows:
<br /> a. It is unlawful for any person to park a mobile home or recreational vehicle upon public property for
<br /> human habitation
<br /> b. It is unlawful for any person to park or store a utility trailer, mobile home, recreational vehicle in
<br /> 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 private
<br /> 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 operable and
<br /> currently licensed. The parking of vehicles, other than recreational vehicles, in "R" districts is regulated
<br /> as follows:
<br /> a. Parking of vehicles other than recreationai vehicles, with a maximum gross vehicle weight (GVW)
<br /> 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 create
<br /> 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
<br /> (from dripping, washing, etc.); hazards to pedestrians by way of proximity, especially on private
<br /> roads; wear and tear on local or private roads; propensity to offload remaining cargo on site at
<br /> end of day; and visual incompatibility with the character of a neighborhood. Such use may be
<br /> acceptable under certain conditions in zoning districts where lot areas are generally two acres or
<br /> larger. Therefore, parking of such vehicles 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.
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