It shall be unlawful for the owner or driver of a motor vehicle or an owner, occupant or person in charge of property zoned or utilized as agricultural or residential districts to permit the parking, standing or storing of any of the following items listed below exceeding 1-1/2 ton capacity on that property of which that person is in charge, the occupant or owner:
(1) 
Truck.
(2) 
Truck tractor.
(3) 
Bus.
(4) 
Construction equipment (exceeding 1-1/2 tons gross weight).
(5) 
Semitrailer.
(6) 
Van.
(7) 
Commercial motor vehicle.
(8) 
Commercial use equipment.
(9) 
Any vehicle displaying commercial vehicle plates.
(1993 Code, sec. 72.01; 2006 Code, sec. 78-101; Ordinance 311, sec. 1(a), adopted 12/4/89; Ordinance 98-11-441 adopted 11/16/98; Ordinance 99-05-454 adopted 5/3/99)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or person in charge of property to permit any motor vehicle or equipment (less than 1-1/2 tons capacity) to be parked or left standing at any time on a surface other than a driveway, except as provided for in section 20.05.035, constructed of concrete, asphalt, gravel, rock or paved parking lot. The driveway shall be located either:
(1) 
Between the street or alley and a garage or carport;
(2) 
In the side yard adjacent to the main building; or
(3) 
On a circular driveway serving the main entrance of the premises.
(b) 
The driveway in the residential districts shall be no wider than the width of the garage, carport or parking space which it serves and in no event shall the driveway be more than 55 percent of the front yard. For the purposes of this section, a parking lot is defined as a paved surface other than a driveway constructed of concrete, asphalt, gravel or rock used for the parking of equipment, motor vehicles, trucks and vans located in residential districts and nonresidential districts. The parking lot shall not be less than 24 inches wider than the vehicle or equipment parked or stored and no less than three feet longer than the vehicle or equipment parked or stored, and neither shall be less than three inches in depth. In no event shall equipment, motor vehicles, trucks or vans be parked or left standing in any of the districts named above, closer than five feet from the front property line.
(1993 Code, sec. 72.03; 2006 Code, sec. 78-103; Ordinance 311, sec. 1(c), adopted 12/4/89)
It shall be unlawful in all residential districts for the owner or driver of a motor vehicle to leave a heavy load vehicle, truck, travel trailer, motor vehicle, motor home, camper, trailer, boat, farm equipment or machinery less than 1-1/2 tons or any other similar equipment or machinery for more than two days out of any consecutive seven-day period within the front yard between the front building line and the front property line.
(1993 Code, sec. 72.04; 2006 Code, sec. 78-104; Ordinance 311, sec. 1(d), adopted 12/4/89)
It shall be unlawful in all residential districts for the owner, occupant or person in charge of property or the owner or driver of a motor vehicle to leave a heavy load vehicle, truck, travel trailer, motor vehicle, motor home, camper, trailer, boat, farm equipment or machinery or any other similar equipment or machinery in the back yard within ten feet of the adjacent property line unless said motor vehicle or equipment is screened by natural objects, plants, fences or other appropriate means so that it is not visible from ordinary view of the adjacent property, street or public right-of-way or on a prepared driveway or parking lot. Between the side building line and the side property line on the side of the lot abutting a street or public right-of-way said motor vehicle or equipment shall be screened as above or on a prepared driveway or parking lot as defined in section 20.05.033(b).
(1993 Code, sec. 72.05; 2006 Code, sec. 78-105; Ordinance 311, sec. 1(e), adopted 12/4/89)
It shall be unlawful in any residential or office district for the owner, occupant or person in charge of a property to permit open visible storage of commodities, materials or equipment unless such commodities, materials or equipment are screened from ordinary view of a public right-of-way immediately adjacent to said property as stated in section 20.05.035.
(1993 Code, sec. 72.06; 2006 Code, sec. 78-106; Ordinance 311, sec. 1(f), adopted 12/4/89)
(a) 
When it has been determined that a violation exists, a notice shall be issued stating the nature of the violation and that the violation must be corrected within ten days or a request for a hearing for a waiver before city council must be made before the expiration of the ten-day period. The notice must be mailed by certified mail and regular mail or hand delivered as an open letter. If the violation has not been corrected within ten days or if no request for a hearing has been made, a complaint shall be filed in the municipal court.
(b) 
Upon the determination of a second or additional violations by the same motor vehicle owner or owner occupant or person in charge of property, the city manager or designee may, after receiving authorization from the city police department, without the consent of the owner or operator of a vehicle parked in violation of this division, cause the vehicle and any property on or in the vehicle to be removed and stored at a vehicle storage facility at the owner’s or operator’s expense if:
(1) 
The owner or operator of the vehicle has received actual notice that the vehicle is in violation of this division and that it will be towed and stored at the vehicle owner’s or operator’s expense if it is not removed; or
(2) 
A conspicuous notice has been attached to the vehicle’s front windshield or, if the vehicle has no front windshield, to a conspicuous part of the vehicle, stating:
(A) 
That the vehicle is parked in violation of this division;
(B) 
That the vehicle will be towed and stored at the expense of the owner or operator of the vehicle if it is not removed from the area by a specified time and date, such time and date not being sooner than 12 hours after the notice is attached to the vehicle; and
(C) 
A telephone number that is answered 24 hours a day to enable the owner or operator of the vehicle to locate the vehicle.
(c) 
In addition to the requirements of subsection (b)(1) or (2) of this section, a notice must be mailed on the next business day after the vehicle is towed for a vehicle registered in the state, and no later than the 14th calendar day after the vehicle is towed for a vehicle registered outside the state, to the owner of the vehicle, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last address shown for the owner according to the vehicle registration records of the state department of transportation or, if the vehicle is registered in another state, the appropriate agency of that state, stating:
(1) 
A description of the vehicle;
(2) 
That the vehicle was parked in violation of this division, with a description of the location where it was parked;
(3) 
That the vehicle was towed and stored at the expense of the owner or operator of the vehicle; and
(4) 
A telephone number that is answered 24 hours a day to enable the owner or operator to locate the vehicle.
(1993 Code, sec. 72.07; 2006 Code, sec. 78-107; Ordinance 311, sec. 2, adopted 12/4/89; Ordinance 99-05-454 adopted 5/3/99; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)