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� r � <br /> September 12, 2011 <br /> 3554 Lyric Avenue <br /> Page 3 of 5 <br /> d. Special mobile equipment means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for <br /> the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved <br /> over a highway, inctuding but not limited to: ditch digging equipment, moving <br /> dollies, pump hoists and other well-drilling equipment, street sweeping vehicles, <br /> and other machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket <br /> loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing <br /> machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving equipment. The <br /> term does not include travel trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, <br /> 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 <br /> watercraft trailer, designed for carrying of snowmobiles, motorcycles, all terrain <br /> vehicles, or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle <br /> but shall not include boat trailers, a trailer drawn by a truck-tractor semitrailer <br /> 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.j Parking of recreational vehicles, mobile homes and utility trailers <br /> shall be regulated as follows: <br /> a. It is unlawful for any person to park a mobile home or recreational vehicle upon <br /> public property for human habitation <br /> b. It is unlawful for any person to park or store a utility trailer, mobile home, <br /> recreational vehicle in any "R" district for more than 24 hours, except in a side or <br /> rear yard at least five feet from any property line. <br /> c. It is unlawful to use a mobile home or recreational vehicle for human habitation <br /> on any 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, <br /> in "R"districts is regulated as follows: <br /> a. Parking of vehicles other than recreational vehicles, with a maximum gross <br /> vehicle 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 <br /> potential to create negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. These <br /> impacts may include noise (from operation as well as maintenance of vehicle); <br /> vibration; glare; odors; soil/water contamination (from dripping, washing, etc.); <br /> 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 <br /> of day; and visual incompatibility with the character of a neighborhood. Such use <br /> may be acceptable under certain conditions in zoning districts where lot areas <br /> are generally two acres or larger. Therefore, parking of such vehicles requires <br /> 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 <br /> streets; 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 finro acres but <br /> less than five acres in area, where it can be shown that prior to the <br /> effective date of this section such a vehicle was previously stored on a <br /> regular basis prior to and after January 1, 2004, a vehicle storage permit <br /> may be granted if the above conditions a. through f. are met, subject also <br /> to the following limitations: <br /> i. A vehicle storage permit may only be issued for properties within <br /> the RR-1 B, RR-1A, and LR-1A zoning districts. <br />