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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 does <br /> 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.] Parking of recreational vehicles, mobile homes and utility trailers shall be regulated <br /> 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 horne 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 recreational 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 GV1N 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 vehiclej; 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 end <br /> 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. <br /> 6. In a shared driveway situation, the applicant shall demonstrate that the appropriate <br /> easement exists. <br /> Page 4 <br />