Piedmont Municipal Code Ch. 21 Trailers and Commercial Vehicles

ARTICLE I. Trailers

§21.1
REPEALED BY ORD. 373 N.S. §21.2
Unlawful to locate or use as sleeping quarters in other than auto and trailer park §21.3
Parking in garage or rear yard of owner's premises permitted

ARTICLE II. Utility Vehicles

§21.4
Definitions §21.5
Parking restrictions-Ten p.m. to six a.m. §21.6
Parking permits §21.7
Parking restrictions-Residential district

ARTICLE I. Trailers

THAN AUTO AND TRAILER PARK

It shall be unlawful to locate or use as living or sleeping quarters any house trailer on any premises other than those contained within an auto and trailer park duly permitted by the City, or to permit the same to be done on any premises. (Ord. No. 212 N.S., §2)

PERMITTED

The owner of a trailer or trailer coach may park or store it in the garage or in the rear yard of his property; provided, that the trailer or trailer coach is not used for living or sleeping quarters while so parked or stored. (Ord. No. 212 N.S., §3)

ARTICLE II. Utility Vehicles

For the purpose of this article certain words used herein are defined as follows:

(A) Pickup Truck. "Pickup truck" means a four- wheeled motor vehicle consisting of a passenger compartment and an open cargo bed, the rated load capacity of which is in excess of one-half ton. For purposes of this definition, "open"

Trailer & Commercial Vehicles includes cargo beds to which have been added covers to protect cargo from theft or the elements.

(b) Camper. "Camper" means a motor vehicle to which any enclosure designated to accommodate persons or serve as temporary living quarters has been permanently or temporarily added.

(c)
Self-contained Mobile Home. "Self-contained mobile home" means any motor vehicle, other than a camper, which is primarily designed for human habitation.

(d) Commercial Vehicle. "Commercial vehicle" means any motor vehicle which is being used, other than primarily as transportation for its operator, in connection with the business or occupation of its operator. (Ord. No. 320 N.S., §2(part); Ord. No. 324 N.S., §1)

Every vehicle or vehicle and load eighty inches or more in overall width, and every truck tractor, irrespective of width, shall not park upon any public street between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m.

The overall width of a vehicle or load shall be measured at the widest point of the vehicle or load. It shall be measured from the outside of the outermost part to the opposite outside of the outermost part.

Appendages of vehicles such as a side view mirror, clearance lights, door handles and bumper guards are not included in the overall width. (Ord. No. 320 N.S., §2 (part), 1974; Ord. No. 373 N.S., §2)

A parking permit for a recreational vehicle or motor home which would otherwise be in violation of Section 21.5 may be granted by the chief of police or his designee for a single continuous period not exceeding forty-eight hours, and only one such permit shall be issued in any continuous thirty-day period. Such a permit shall be in writing, and the chief of police may establish other reasonable regulations relating to the issuance of such permit. (Ord. No. 320 N.S., §2 (part); Ord. No. 373 N.S., §3.)

Trailer & Commercial Vehicles

No person shall park any commercial vehicle more than five hours in any residential district except:

(a) While loading or unloading property, and time, in addition to such five- hour period, is necessary to complete such work; or

(b) When such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked, and time, in addition to such five-hour period, is reasonably necessary to complete such service. (Ord. No. 324 N.S., §2.)

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