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 Cocoa Beach
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 26. TRAFFIC
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 26-5. Parking of commercial vehicles within certain residential districts restricted.  

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  • It is unlawful for any person, firm, company, or corporation to park, permit to be parked, any commercial vehicle on any public street or on any privately-owned property lying within any area zoned TH, RS-2 or RM-1 within the city. However, this section shall not prohibit the temporary parking of any such commercial vehicle within any such zone when said commercial vehicle is being used in the process of expeditiously loading or unloading goods or merchandise, for service calls, for approved special events, for on-call tow truck service to the city, or in the construction or installation of improvements to and/or on the property where so parked within said residential zones. Nor shall this section prohibit the parking or storage of any commercial vehicle within an enclosed garage or in a manner such that said commercial vehicle is not visible to the public or neighboring properties.

    Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the parking of vehicles of public or private utilities companies on any public street for a period of time required in the locating, relocating, installation, servicing, testing or repair of equipment of such companies nor shall the provisions of this section be construed to prohibit the parking of any vehicles used in the construction, repair or maintenance of any road, street or alley in such zoning districts.

    For the purpose of this section vehicles of the following types and sizes shall be considered commercial vehicles:

    (1)

    Trucks and vans with a total overall length in excess of twenty (20) feet.

    (2)

    Trucks, walk-in vans or van type bodies, other than those designed primarily for passengers, having a gross carrying capacity in excess of three-quarter ton, as established by the manufacturer, including vehicles used, or designed for use in the transporting of goods or merchandise or as a temporary or permanent base, platform, or support of equipment, machinery or power plants.

    (3)

    Trucks-tractors having dual rear wheels.

    (4)

    Heavy equipment including farm or industrial, construction or earth moving equipment, buses, wreckers.

    Where there are practical difficulties and/or hardships in the enforcement of section 26-5, the board of adjustment shall have the power to vary or modify any of the rules, regulations or provisions prescribed in this section so that the spirit of said section will be observed, the public welfare secured and substantial justice done.

(Ord. No. 80, § 1, 12-3-1959; Ord. No. 1093, § 1, 10-19-1995; Ord. No. 1165, § 1, 4-2-1998)