§ 14-71. Parking of heavy commercial vehicles, recreational vehicles, or buses.

(a)

A person must not park any recreational vehicle on any public roadway except:

(1)

For up to eighteen (18) hours while engaged in loading or unloading passengers, merchandise or materials; or

(2)

For up to forty-eight (48) hours if the vehicle is involuntarily parked because of mechanical failure or other emergency.

(b)

A person may park a heavy commercial vehicle or a bus on a public roadway where both sides of the street abut a property zoned for a commercial or industrial use, unless parking is otherwise prohibited by an official sign or other law applicable to all motor vehicles. A person must not park a heavy commercial vehicle or bus on any other public roadway unless it is:

(1)

A vehicle engaged in loading or unloading passengers, merchandise or materials;

(2)

A heavy commercial vehicle used by the owner or operator when engaged in work on the property abutting the street;

(3)

A bus that stops for a period of time, not to exceed thirty (30) minutes, to maintain a schedule at an authorized terminal stand for a bus route operating under a permit from the state Department of Transportation;

(4)

A vehicle that is involuntarily parked because of mechanical failure or other emergency for forty-eight (48) hours or less; or

(5)

A public contractor's vehicle as defined in this section.

(c)

For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

Bus: Every motor vehicle except school buses designed for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.

Gross weight: The weight of a vehicle without load plus the weight of any load thereon.

Heavy commercial vehicle: Any motor vehicle and tandem axle trailer or semitrailer designed and used for carrying freight or merchandise or used in furtherance of any commercial enterprise that has:

(1)

A gross vehicle weight (GVW) of more than ten thousand pounds (10,000);

(2)

A manufacturers' rated capacity of more than one (1) ton;

(3)

A length of more than twenty-one (21) feet measured from the extremes of the vehicle, including any object loaded on the vehicle; or

(4)

A height of more than eight (8) feet with properly inflated tires, measured from the ground to the highest part of the vehicle, including racks, but not antennas.

A heavy commercial vehicle does not include a motor vehicle owned by the City of Bristol or other governmental agency or a farm machine or vehicle used for agriculture.

Public contractor's vehicle: Any commercial vehicle engaged in the performance of work within a street, highway or other public property when such work is contracted for by the City of Bristol, State of Connecticut, municipal agency or department, or public utility.

Recreational vehicle: A duly licensed and registered vehicle, with or without motor power, which is solely intended for the leisure use of the operator and guests. For the purpose of this chapter, the following is a recreational vehicle:

(1)

Motor home;

(2)

Travel trailer;

(3)

Camper or camping trailer including truck insert or collapsible unit; or

(4)

Nonfreight trailer, as defined by the State Department of Motor Vehicles, used to transport other leisure equipment such as a boat, horse, motorcycle, show car, race car, snowmobile, or bicycle.

Roadway: That portion of a street or highway or public thoroughfare between the regularly established curb lines or shoulders or that part improved and intended to be used for vehicular traffic.

(Ord. of 9-14-10)