§ 78-103. Parking of certain vehicles and equipment in driveways

(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or person in charge of property to permit any motor vehicle or equipment (less than 1½-tons capacity) to be parked or left standing at any time on a surface other than a driveway, except as provided for in section 78-105, 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, 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.

(Code 1993, § 72.03; Ord. No. 311, 12-4-1989)