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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 1. Private garages and parking areas shall be utilized only as an accessory to the main principal use, except that one (1) parking space in a private garage accessory to a dwelling may be rented to a person who is not a resident of the main building. 2. Not more than thirty (30%) percent of the area of a minimum required front yard, rear yard or side yard shall be used as a parking area. For Senior Citizens Projects not more than sixty-five (65%) percent of the area of the minimum required front yard, rear yard or side yard shall be used as a parking area. 3. No commercial vehicle as defined in subsection 7-4.10a25-4b, pickup truck, truck, van or equipment related thereto, shall be parked or stored in any residential district between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless the following conditions are satisfied: (a) If there is a garage on the premises into which the vehicle fits in its stripped down fashion (i.e. without accessories), the vehicle must be parked or stored in the garage with the doors closed. (b) If the premises has a garage into which the commercial vehicle fits in its stripped down fashion, there cannot be another ungaraged commercial vehicle on the premises. (c) If the residence is multi-family, there can by only one (1) ungaraged commercial vehicle per property provided however that all commercial vehicles that can fit in a garage in their stripped down fashion must be parked or stored in a garage if the premises has a garage. In a multi-family residence, the property owner shall designate in writing the sole permitted commercial vehicle. (d) If the vehicle is permitted by this section to be parked outside of a garage, all removable equipment such as pipes, pipe racks, ladders and all racks and equipment must be removed from the vehicle when parked and unexposed to public view. (e) If the vehicle is permitted by this section to be parked outside of a garage, any signage or commercial markings that are permanently affixed to the vehicle must be covered with a blank metallic cover that is the same color as the body of the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. (f) If the vehicle

anently affixed to the vehicle must be covered with a blank metallic cover that is the same color as the body of the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. (f) If the vehicle is permitted by this section to be parked outside of a garage, any signage or commercial markings, such as magnetic lettering, that is not permanently affixed to the vehicle must be removed when the vehicle is so parked. (g) Any vehicle that does not fit within a garage as per paragraph a., may be parked in the driveway on the premises in the area of the driveway which is least visible from the nearest adjacent street or roadway. (h) Any vehicle permitted to be parked outside a garage by this section must have a single axis chassis body with not more than four (4) wheels, it shall not be more than twenty (20) feet long and seven (7) feet high and shall not exceed six thousand (6,000) pounds registered gross vehicle weight. (i) The vehicle must be owned and/or operated by a Township resident who is the property owner or tenant who actually resides at the property. (j) Exception. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the parking or storing of a commercial vehicle, or equipment related thereto, in a residential district while it is being used in the transaction of business with the owner or occupant of any residential property or is in the area for the purpose of installing, maintaining or performing public utility services. 64