HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-2250 - Ordinance - 07/24/1997ORDINANCE NO. 2250
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTIONS 6A and 6B, OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, RELATING TO THE
PARKING AND STORAGE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; A_ND DECLARING A PENALTY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
That Chapter 10, TRAFFIC CODE, Sections 6A and 6B, of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 6. PARKING, STANDING, OR STORING OF RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES, TRAILERS OR TRUCKS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS
A. DEFINITIONS
(1)
Camper - A separate vehicle designed for human habitation which can be attached
and detached to or towed by a motor vehicle.
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Driveway - Any paved concrete, asphalt, gravel and/or other impervious surface
area on a lot designed and required to provide direct access for vehicles between a
street and private garage, carport, or other permitted parking space, or parking
area or loading area, garage and attached or detached accessory building located
on a lot developed with a residential dwelling used by the occupant of the premises
principally for, but not limited to, the storage of passenger vehicles or other vehi-
cles and equipment. Driveways or paved parking areas must be substantially free
from grass, weeds, or other vegetation and must be adequately maintained.
Motor Home - A self-contained vehicle designed for human habitation with its
own motive power and with a passageway from the body of the home to the driver
and front passenger seats.
Motor Vehicle - A self-propelled device in, upon or by which any person or prop-
erty is or may be transported.
Recreational Vehicle - Any motor vehicle or trailer designed or used as a travel
trailer, camper, motor home, tent trailer, boat, boat trailer, camping trailer, or
other similar purposes.
Residential area or residential lot - shall mean any area or lot occupied by residen-
tial dwellings though the area may be zoned for use other than residential.
Trailer - A vehicle without motive power designed for carrying persons, animals,
or property on its own structure and to be drawn by a vehicle with motive power.
The term shall include, but not be limited to, semi-trailer, utility trailer, and travel
trailer.
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(9)
Truck - means any motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the
tr~ortation of property, with a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity exceeding
two thousand (2,000) pounds.
Truck-tractor - means any motor vehicle designed or used primarily for drawing
other vehicles. It is intended that the term includes a motor vehicle that is other-
wise a truck-tractor that may be engaged with a semi-trailer.
REGULATIONS
0)
It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or person in charge of property used
for residential purposes to permit the parking, standing or storing of tm. cks, trail:
ers, or truck-tractors as defined herein in residential areas for other than actual
supervised loading or unloading of goods and passengers. It shall be unlawful for
the owner, occupant or person in charge of property used for residential purposes
to permit the parking, standing or storing of trailers, trucks, or truck=tractors in
residential yards or lawns, including driveways, for other than actual supervised
loading or unloading of goods or passengers.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or person in charge of property used
for residential purposes to permit the parking, standing or storing of recreational
vehicles on residential streets for a period of time in excess of seventy-two (72)
hours within any thirty (30) day period.
(3)
It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or person in charge of property used
for residential purposes, single family and duplex, to permit the parking, standing
or storing of motor vehicles, excluding recreational vehicles, or trucks on yards or
lawns excluding driveways, paved parking areas, or areas screened from public
view by fencing."
(4)
It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of a vehicle, other than recreational
vehicles, to park or permit the parking, standing or storing of such vehicle on the
yards or lawns of proper~y used for residential purposes. Parking on driveways or
paved parking areas or areas screened from public view by fencing is permitted."
II.
That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or unconstitutional,
such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining provisions or sections of this
ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect.
III.
That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). Each
day such violation shall continue or be permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense.
Said Ordinance, being a penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (10) days aider its publication in
the newspaper, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the City of College Station.
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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this the 24th day of July, 1997
APPROVED:
E. ~B~~~ ~~, Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
CONNIE HOOKS, City Secretary
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