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Substitute Bill No. 17-07 Addressing Public Safety Parking Regulations <br />Page 3 <br />Park or Parking: The standing of a motor vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a right of way, <br />driveway, front yard or side yard. <br />Pocket Parking Lot: A small parking lot developed on approved vacant lots which would be <br />used to accommodate residential parking needs in areas determined by the city to have a high <br />demand for parking where current on-street parking is insufficient to meet such need. <br />Public nuisance: Parking of any motor vehicle in violation of the regulations set forth in this <br />Article. <br />Rear Yard: An open space, unobstructed to the sky, extending fully across the lot while situated <br />between a side lot line and the established side building line. <br />Right-of Way: Specific and particularly described land, property, or interest therein devoted to <br />and subject to the lawful use, typically as a thoroughfare for passage of pedestrians, vehicles, or <br />utilities, as set forth in a written grant, declaration or conveyance that is recorded in the Office of <br />the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana. <br />Shared Parking: A concept which would provide an opportunity to optimize parking supply by <br />coordinating different parking peaks for different land uses between land owners through written <br />agreements, thus promoting a more efficient use of residential neighborhood parking resources, <br />facilitating more dense development, and promoting pedestrian/motor vehicle friendliness, while <br />promoting quality of life in residential neighborhoods. <br />Side Yard: An open space, unobstructed to the sky, extending fully across the lot while situated <br />between a side lot line and the established side building line. <br />Sight Distance: The distance visible to the driver of a motor vehicle measured along the normal <br />travel path of a street to a specified height above the street when the view is unobstructed to <br />traffic. <br />Street: Any public right-of--way or private right-of--way, with the exception of alleys, essentially <br />open to the sky and open and dedicated to the general public for the purposes of vehicular and <br />pedestrian travel affording access to abutting property, whether referred to as a street, lane, road, <br />drive, expressway, arterial, thoroughfare, highway, or any other term commonly applied to a <br />right-of--way for said purposes. A street may be comprised of pavement, shoulders, gutters, <br />curbs, sidewalks, parking spaces and similar features. <br />Temporary Residential Special Event: A one-day non-commercial residential event which would <br />have parking for those in attendance which exceeds the parking available on the driveway <br />located on that particular residential lot and the on-street parking adjacent to said residential lot.