§ 1601-23. Residential Parking Restrictions.  


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  • (a)

    No person shall park a motor vehicle, or store a boat or watercraft, on an unpaved portion of a front yard of a property used for residential purposes.

    (b)

    No person shall park a motor vehicle, or store a boat or watercraft, on an unpaved portion of a side yard of a property used for residential purposes if that side yards abuts a street or alley.

    (c)

    No person shall store or park for longer than three days any unlicensed or inoperable trailer, semi-trailer, or motor vehicle in any residence district or commercial property other than in a garage or in a place not open to view from any other residential or commercial property or any public street or place. For purposes of this section an unlicensed or inoperable trailer, semi-trailer, or motor vehicle draped by a tarpaulin or similar covering is deemed open to view from another residential property, public street, or place unless it is in a garage or other permanent structure. Each day's violation shall be considered a separate offense.

    An "unlicensed" trailer, semi-trailer, or motor vehicle shall mean any vehicle not displaying a current, valid license plate, including any validation sticker, other than a vehicle exempt under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4503. An "inoperable" trailer, semi-trailer, or motor vehicle shall mean any vehicle missing wheels, tires, windshield, motor, or transmission or which has been so damaged as to appear not safely operable. Any vehicle that remains parked at or near the same location for more than 30 consecutive days shall be presumed to be inoperable.

    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a fourth degree misdemeanor.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 158-2006, § 1, eff. June 1, 2006)