Ordinances

BUILDING PERMITS REQUIRED
No building or other structure shall be erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, improved, removed, converted, or demolished without a building permit issued by the City Building Official. No permit shall be issued except in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance, unless a written approval is received for a special exception, or variance as provided by this ordinance.

CAMPERS, MOTOR HOMES, BOATS AND TRAILERS RESTRICTED

It shall be unlawful for boats, campers, motor homes, and trailers or any other type of vehicle other than a motor vehicle to be parked on any street within the city for longer than 48 consecutive hours.

Exceptions: Construction trailers parked outside of a residence, building, or lot being improved with a posted building permit onsite for current improvements being performed.

OFF STREET PARKING

1. General Conditions
2. No parking spaces are permitted in the required front yard within the Residential (R) District except for portions of the front yard with a hard surface or gravel improved driveway or parking pad which follows zoning and building requirements. Parking is permitted in a side yard or rear yard on a hard surface or gravel parking pad or driveway as long as it is no closer than 2 feet from the property line.
3. No parking is permitted on sidewalks or extending into the right-of-way.

MINORS
No minor under the age of eighteen (18) years of age shall be or remain in or upon any public street, alley, park, playground, public building, public place of amusement and entertainment, vacant lot or unsupervised public place between the hours of 11 :00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following day.

The provisions shall not apply to any minor accompanied by his or her parent or guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor or where the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed or authorized by his or her parent, guardian or such other adult person having the care and custody of the minor.

The provisions shall not apply to any minor within the half hour following the formal dismissal time of any service or authorized activity of any church, school, club or other adult sponsored organization provided said minor shall have actually attended said service or authorized activity. The provisions shall
not apply to any minor within the half-hour following the minor’s being released from employment.

SNOW REMOVAL
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of land in the city abutting on any sidewalk to keep such sidewalk free from snow within twenty-four (24) hours after any fall of snow before 9:00 a.m. of the next day if it occurs after 12:00 midnight of that day. If such fall of snow should occur the preceding day, he shall remove the snow from so much thereof as adjoins the premises owned or occupied by him.

There shall be a snow removal emergency whenever this is a snow accumulation on the public streets of the city of two (2) inches or more and provisions of this division in regard to parking on public streets during snow removal operations shall be effective and will be enforced. In the event of a snow removal emergency, no person shall park or allow to remain parked any motor vehicle or trailer on any public street in the city until such time as the street has been cleared of snow. In the event of a snow removal emergency, parking in alleys shall be permitted; provided, however, no person shall park or allow to remain parked any motor vehicle or trailer on any public alley in the city so as to obstruct emergency through traffic.