The Town Board of the Town of Bedford hereby finds that the public interest, health, safety and the economic and general welfare of the residents of the Town of Bedford will be best served by providing for the regulation of the parking of commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle accessories within the jurisdiction of the Town of Bedford.

The Town Board therefore declares that the purpose of this article is to regulate the parking of commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle accessories within residential districts in the Town of Bedford to agree with residence zoning accessory use requirements and ensure the public interest, health, safety and economic and general welfare of present and future residents of the Town.

This article is enacted with the purpose of providing for a reasonable balance between the rights of individual property owners to the free use of their property and the rights of the community as a whole.

In any residence district, no industrial vehicle may be parked outside on private property for any period of time except as noted in Subsections F through K below.

No commercial vehicle may be parked on a lot in a residence zone unless the owner or operator of the vehicle resides on the same lot and meets the requirements or exceptions of the following subsections.

For one-family residence districts, not more than one commercial vehicle, or any commercial vehicle accessory (or any combined commercial vehicle and commercial vehicle accessory), not exceeding 20 feet in length shall be parked outside on private property in any single-family residence district.

For lots zoned for two-family and multiple-residence districts, or for lots that contain an accessory residence or cottage, not more than one commercial vehicle or any commercial vehicle accessory (or any combined commercial vehicle and commercial vehicle accessory) not exceeding 20 feet in length per residential unit shall be parked outside on private property in any multifamily residence district.

For unimproved lots in any district, no industrial vehicle or commercial vehicle or any commercial vehicle accessory (or any combined commercial vehicle and commercial vehicle accessory) of any kind or parts thereof shall be parked or stored at any time on any unimproved lot in any district.

For lots zoned in a residence district where a special use permit or recognized nonconforming use enables the property to be used for commercial, educational, or religious purposes, industrial vehicles, commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle accessories shall be permitted to be parked outside on private property.

Commercial farm vehicles are permitted as accessory to a commercial farm use in any residence district.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, industrial vehicles, commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle accessories shall be permitted to be parked in any residence district for a limited period of time for the purposes of local delivery or pickup of merchandise, other property, or services.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, governmental and public utility vehicles, or any vehicles used for the purpose of public conveyance, are specifically exempted from the restrictions otherwise imposed by this section.

Nothing herein shall be construed to modify the Schedule of Use Regulations — Accessory Uses, with respect to the parking or storage of commercial vehicles.

Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the parking of commercial vehicles, commercial vehicle accessories or industrial vehicles indoors on private property.

Notwithstanding the above limitations, more than one commercial vehicle may be parked outside in a residence district under the above rules so long as the only indicia of being a commercial vehicle is the license plate issued for commercial or combination vehicles.