§ 78-628. Commercial vehicles in residential areas.

(a)

Purpose. The purpose of restrictions on commercial vehicles is to preserve the health, safety and general welfare of persons and property in residential areas designed and utilized for single-family residential development by regulating the parking of certain large commercial vehicles which frequently are impediments to the ingress and egress of emergency and fire protection vehicles and equipment, which are frequently unsafe when operated on residential streets and the noise, exhaust emissions and appearance of which tend to impair the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the city.

(b)

Residential parking prohibited. No commercial vehicle of any kind shall be parked in a residentially-zoned or used area. Provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to commercial vehicles temporarily parked (less than eight hours) in a residential area in conjunction with maintenance or service to a residential property.

(c)

Presumption of ownership. In any proceeding for violation of any parking provision of this section, the person to whom a commercial vehicle is registered, as determined from the registration plate displayed on such motor vehicle, shall be presumed in evidence to be the person who committed the violation charged.

(Ord. No. 54A, § 16.31, 11-11-1987)

Cross reference

Businesses, ch. 18; traffic and vehicles, ch. 66.