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, � ' ' Juty 6, 2012
<br /> 4132 Highwood Road
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<br /> d. Special mobile equipment means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the
<br /> transportation of persons or property and only incidentalfy operated or moved over a
<br /> highway, including but not limited to: ditch digging equipment, moving dollies, pump
<br /> hoists and other well-drilting equipment, street sweeping vehicles, and other machinery
<br /> such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-
<br /> tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers,
<br /> scarifiers, earth-moving eguipment. The term does not include travel trailers, dump
<br /> trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other motor
<br /> vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has
<br /> 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
<br /> on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicie but shall not include boat
<br /> trailers, a trailer drawn by a truck-tractor semitrailer combination, or an auxiliary axle on a
<br /> motor vehicle which carries a portion of the weight of the motor vehicle to which it is
<br /> attached.
<br /> (2) (Parking regalated.] 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
<br /> property for human habitation .:x,:
<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
<br /> five feet from any property line.
<br /> c. It is unlawful to use a mobile home or recreational vehicle for human habitation on any
<br /> private properly for more than 72 hours without a perrnit from the city.
<br /> (3) Vehicle storage. All vehicles parked or stored on any property within the city shall be operable
<br /> 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
<br /> weight(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 inciude
<br /> noise (ftom operation as well as maintenance of vehicle); vibration; glare; odors;
<br /> soil/water contamination (from dripping, washing, etc.); hazards to pedestrians by way of
<br /> proximity, especially on private roads; wear and tear on local or private roads; propensity
<br /> to offload remaining cargo on site at end of day; and visual incompatibility with the
<br /> character of a neighbofiood. Such use may be acceptable under certain conditions in
<br /> zoning districts where lot areas are generally two acres or larger. Therefore, parking of
<br /> 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;
<br /> vegetative 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
<br /> appropriate easement exists.
<br /> 7. Minimum lot size of five acres. For any property at least two acres but less than
<br /> five acres in area, where it can be shown that prior to the effective date of this
<br /> section such a vehicle was previously stored on a regular basis prior to and after
<br /> January 1, 2004, a vehicle storage permit may be granted if the above conditions
<br /> a. through f. are met, subject also to the following fimitations:
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