§ 66-312. Off-street parking and/or storage of certain vehicles.

(a)

Mobile homes.

(1)

The off-street parking or storage of any mobile home shall be prohibited in any district, except an area established for sales, servicing, maintenance and/or manufacturing of mobile or manufactured homes.

(2)

No mobile home, trailer, house trailer or camper, as defined in section 66-4, shall be parked within the corporate limits of the town or its extraterritorial jurisdiction and used for any purpose unless otherwise specified in the permitted uses in this chapter and complies with all requirements and guidelines within such zoning district.

(b)

Commercial trailers. A commercial trailer or semitrailer over 16 feet maximum in length shall not be parked or stored in any residential or O&I district, except in an enclosed building. Such regulation shall not be interpreted to prohibit the loading and unloading of commercial trailers in any such district.

(c)

Commercial vehicles. One commercial vehicle with a manufacturer's rating of not more than one 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight may be parked on any lot containing a principal building, provided that such vehicle is parked off the street and is used by a resident of the premises. In all other cases, the parking of a commercial self-propelled vehicle in any residential district is prohibited. Such regulation shall not be interpreted to prohibit commercial vehicles from loading or unloading in any residential district.

(d)

Recreational vehicles and motor homes. Parking or storage of recreational vehicles as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(32b)a—e and motor homes as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27)k may be permitted in accordance with the following conditions:

(1)

Such equipment shall be parked or stored behind the portion of the principal building closest to the street unless it is stored in a garage, carport or accessory building; provided, however, that parking shall be permitted any place on the premises or on adjacent streets, if otherwise lawful, not to exceed 24 hours during loading and unloading.

(2)

No such equipment may be parked or stored in any side yard not adjacent to a street if such equipment exceeds six feet in height above the ground; provided, however, that masts, antennas, vent stacks, windshields or other minor accessories may exceed such height limit.

(3)

Equipment exceeding the limitations set forth in subsection (d)(2) of this section may be parked or stored outdoors only in the rear yard. Any equipment so stored shall be subject to the requirements set forth in section 66-229 for accessory buildings.

(4)

No such equipment parked or stored on a residential lot shall be in such location for living, sleeping, housekeeping or business purposes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, travel trailers, as defined in subsection 66-4(3) properly permitted for temporary use pursuant to subsection 66-228(b) are exempted from this section.

(Code 2003, § 30-312; Ord. No. 02-21, § 1(19.132), 6-20-2002; Ord. No. O18-030 , § 3, 11-15-2018)