Richfield |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter XI. BUSINESS AND TRADE REGULATIONS |
Section 1150. GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS |
§ 1150.11. Additional limitations: parking of trucks.
Subdivision 1. General rule. Service station property may be permitted to use certain off-street parking areas for the parking of trucks and trailers subject to compliance with the following conditions:
Subd. 2. Off-street parking. Trucks, truck-trailers, truck tractors and other vehicles temporarily parked on the premises in compliance with this subsection must be parked entirely within areas designated as off-street parking areas, except that such vehicles may be parked elsewhere on the premises when being actually serviced.
Subd. 3. Ingress and egress. No vehicle may park in a manner as to obstruct vehicular ingress and egress from the gasoline station.
Subd. 4. Vision. No vehicle may park in such a manner as to obstruct the vision of persons using the public roadways or the areas of ingress and egress to the filling station so as to create a traffic hazard.
Subd. 5. Advertising. No vehicle whether new or used may park upon the premises for the purpose of advertising or storing the truck for sale.
Subd. 6. Operable. Vehicles parked upon the premises shall be in working mechanical condition so that they may be moved under their own power.
Subd. 7. Repairs. No vehicle may be dismantled or repaired while parked in the off-street parking areas, but may be repaired in the areas normally used for such purposes upon the premises.
Subd. 8. Storage. Vehicles may not be parked for permanent or semipermanent storage. Trucks which have been parked upon the premises without having been removed for a trucking use for a period in excess of 24 hours shall be presumed to be parked for storage contrary to this subsection; this clause shall not apply to a utility trailer or truck lawfully stored on licensed premises under the provisions of section 1175.
Subd. 9. Fire. All vehicles shall be parked upon the premises in such a manner as to not create a fire hazard, and shall not be parked so as to obstruct the activities of any fireman called upon the scene or the use of any firefighting equipment.