Except as provided below, no accessory off-street parking facilities shall be allowed in any required yard:

(1)

On any property zoned R-1 or R-1A or used for single family or two family dwellings, the off-street parking for all vehicles including recreational vehicles and recreational equipment or trailers, whether oversized or not, may be located in a front yard, provided such parking is located on a driveway improved with an all-weather surface and provided that the maximum width of that length of the driveway, located within the front yard, shall not exceed twenty-four (24) feet. Parking areas in addition to driveways are permitted in front yards, provided they are improved with an all-weather surface and provided that they are separated from the front property line by a minimum of five (5) feet of landscaped area; and further provided that the total of the area covered by an all-weather surface, including the driveway, does not constitute more than seventy-five (75) percent of the front yard.

(2)

On any property used for single-family or two-family dwellings, accessory off-street parking may be located in a side or rear yard. Parking located on a side yard, abutting a street, shall be located on an all weather surface.

(3)

An all-weather surface shall be defined as concrete, hot-mix, asphaltic concrete, gravel bordered by cement curbing or a similar permanent border, concrete or brick pavers, or some other improved surface as approved by the City Engineer. Gravel bordered by cement curbing or a similar permanent border may only be used for single-family residential parking paces.

(4)

Gravel shall be defined as material consisting of durable particles of rock mixed with approved binding material that is free from thin or elongated pieces, clay lumps, soil foam or vegetable matter. The material may be bank run or the binder may be added and incorporated by methods approved by the City Engineer.

(5)

Parking of vehicles on property used for residential purposes or located in residential zoning districts shall be governed by this ordinance.

(6)

No person shall cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be stopped or parked in the front or side corner yard of private property used for single-family residential purposes except on an all-weather surface as defined herein. This provision shall not prohibit parking on an existing driveway. For the purpose of this section, existing driveway means a clearly defined area where the soil has been compacted due to extended use so as not to create ruts when driven upon in wet weather and which is accessed by an existing curb cut where curb and gutter is present, said conditions being in existence prior to the effective date of this prohibition.

(7)

It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for a violation of this section that the vehicle was stopped or parked in the front or side corner yard for the temporary loading or unloading of persons or property.

(Ord. No. 2003-002, § 1, 8-12-03)