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<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.
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