§ 656.411. Parking and placement of certain vehicles and equipment in certain residential and CO, CRO, RO, CCG-1 and CN Districts.

(1)

The following vehicles and equipment, subject to the license classifications set forth in F.S. § 320.08, shall not be parked or located in off-street parking lots, access to highways, on private property in a residential district (except Residential Rural-Acre (RR-Acre)) or in the CO, CRO, RO, CCG-1 or CN districts, or on any public right-of-way in a residential, CO, CRO, RO, CCG-1 or CN district, except as may be required for normal loading or unloading of such vehicles and during the time normally required for service at dwellings or at structures or activities permitted or permissible in these zoning districts by the terms of the Zoning Code:

(a)

Heavy trucks and truck tractors as defined in subsection (2) below, or box trucks, step-vans, moving vans, delivery trucks, dump trucks, tow trucks, flat bed trucks, buses, cranes, or similar vehicles, or any vehicles used as a platform for a derrick, hoist, crane, compressor, tank(s), ladder racks, or similar equipment, or as a means of transporting or storing a commercial vehicle. The following vehicles are specifically excluded from this definition and shall not be deemed commercial vehicles:

(i)

unaltered automobiles;

(ii)

station wagons;

(iii)

passenger vans; and

(iv)

pickup trucks, including those with toppers campers, winches, ladder racks or other similar minor alterations on private property only.

(v)

commercial vans with ladder racks or other similar minor alterations on private property only.

(b)

Motor vehicles equipped with machinery and designed for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation, construction, wood chipping, spraying or similar activity, or the machinery associated with such activity, including, but not limited to, bulldozers, bobcats, backhoes, ditch diggers concrete mixing trucks and wood chippers, except for so long as the work or construction is actively being performed;

(c)

School buses, commercial wreckers, hearses and ambulances;

(d)

Passenger vehicles for ten persons or more;

(e)

Trucks used for agricultural purposes;

(f)

Semi-trailers drawn by a truck tractor by means of a fifth-wheel arrangement; and

(g)

Trailers used for transporting landscaping and lawn care equipment, whether or not such trailer is attached to another vehicle.

(h)

Temporary personal storage units; provided, however, that temporary personal storage units may be parked or located on private property in a residential district or in the CO, CRO, RO, CCG-1 or CN districts subject to the following limitations:

(i)

The total size of the unit or units may not exceed 300 square feet in area (length multiplied by width) in a residential district; and

(ii)

The duration of placement of the unit or units is limited to thirty days, the duration of an active building permit for the property the unit or units are located on, or a reasonable amount of time for emergency cleanup after a natural disaster as determined by local, state, or federal government emergency preparedness agencies; and

(iii)

The unit or units may be located in driveways, front yards, side yards, or back yards and may be located in a required setback; and

(iv)

The unit or units may not block the flow of pedestrian traffic; and

(v)

The unit provider shall post the delivery date on the unit; and

(vi)

These regulations do not supersede more restrictive limitations contained in any homeowner's association or subdivision covenants, deeds, or restrictions.

(2)

For purposes of this Section, the following words are defined as follows:

(a)

"Heavy truck" means any motor vehicle with an actual scale weight in pounds with complete catalog equipment of more than 10,000 pounds, which is registered on the basis of gross vehicle weight in accordance with F.S. § 320.08(4), and which is designed or used for the carriage of goods or designed or equipped with a connecting device for the purpose of drawing a trailer that is attached or coupled thereto by means of such connecting device and includes any such motor vehicle to which has been added a cabinet box, a platform, a rack, or other equipment for the purpose of carrying goods other than the personal effects of the passengers.

(b)

"Truck tractor" means a motor vehicle which has four or more wheels and is designed and equipped with a fifth wheel for the primary purpose of drawing a semi-trailer that is attached or coupled thereto by means of such fifth wheel and which has no provision for carrying loads independently.

(Ord. 91-59-148, § 1; Ord. 91-761-410, § 1; Ord. 2006-673-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-319-E, § 1; Ord. 2008-969-E, §§ 3, 4; Ord. 2015-338-E , § 1)