Sec. 134-358. Parking prohibition for recreational vehicles.
(a)
(1) Recreational vehicle means a vehicle constructed or modified to provide occupancy as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons and designed to be used primarily for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use that either has its own motor power or is or can be mounted on or towed by another vehicle. "Recreational vehicle" includes, but is not limited to, motor homes, camper trailers, truck campers, camper vans, watercraft, snowmobiles, and off-highway vehicles. For the purposes of this section, a recreational vehicle does not include a truck with a truck bed cap, shell, cover, or topper.
(2) Camper trailer means any wheeled vehicle, without motive power, which contains living or sleeping quarters and which may occasionally be drawn over the public highways by a motor vehicle and may be licensed as a vehicle.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any recreational vehicle to remain parked upon any public right-of-way, street, or parts of streets for a length of time in excess of 24 hours during any seven-day period. A violation of this subsection may cause a parking citation to be issued. If a member of the police department or the public works department has probable cause to believe a recreational vehicle is in violation of this section, the member may conspicuously affix to the vehicle a parking citation describing the violation or personally serve the driver or registered owner with the citation. If cited recreational vehicle has not been removed within 24 hours after being cited for violating this section, a member of the Aurora police department is empowered to have the recreational vehicle towed or removed. The director of public works or designee shall coordinate with the police department for the police department to tow or remove the recreational vehicle. The city and the owner shall possess those rights and obligations found in section 134-38 pertaining to impoundment.
(c) It shall not be a defense to this section that the recreational vehicle has been moved to a different location within the public right-of-way. To be in compliance, the recreational vehicle must be removed from the public right-of-way for no less than 72 consecutive hours. (Code 1979, § 37-122; Ord. No. 2023-46, § 4, 10-23-2023; Ord. No. 2018-19, § 1, 6-4-2018; Ord. No. 2016-34, § 15, 8-8-2016; Ord. No. 2005-21, § 2, 5-16-2005)